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Not a single case of flu detected by Public Health England this year as Covid restrictions suppress virus
Experts say decline in infections could justify continued use of hand sanitiser and masks following coronavirus pandemic
uk.news.yahoo.com
Not a single case of influenza has been detected by public health officials in England for the past seven weeks, with infection rates at historic lows amid the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions.
The social restrictions brought in to curb transmission of coronavirus, combined with increased uptake of the flu vaccine, have both been credited with driving down infections.
Thousands of swab samples are processed and analysed by scientists at Public Health England (PHE) every week to survey the prevalence of different respiratory diseases in the population.
But of the 685,243 samples that have been reviewed at PHE’s laboratories since the first week of January, not a single one has tested positive for influenza.
Just imagine how much worse Covid could have been if we hadn't done the lockdown measures. Yet people still think its all lies.