Prepare now for a winter Covid-19 peak, warns UK's Academy of Medical Sciences

Health care systems in many places struggle in winter. Conditions such as asthma, heart attacks and stroke tend to worsen in colder temperatures, and some infectious diseases like influenza spread more easily, which means facilities face a greater patient load.

This year, the coronavirus pandemic could create the perfect winter storm, and scientists say countries need to prepare for a potential uptick in cases that could be more serious than the initial outbreak.'Maskne': Why your face is breaking out under your mask and how to stop itIn cold weather we spend more time indoors in poorly ventilated spaces — exactly the conditions that are likely to make the novel coronavirus spread more easily.

In addition to flu shots, the Academy of Medical Sciences recommended a public information campaign as well as tailored advice for at-risk groups. It also emphasized ensuring test and trace programs are working properly and can cope with overlapping symptoms of flu and other winter infections. It stressed its forecasts weren't a prediction but a possibility.

Someone needs to check if Boris mental state has not been fragged by Covid. He’s doing a Donnie Open up Open up let’s ignore Covid and go back to normal. Open up Open up let Covid spread everywhere. Dominic will be happy with his agenda to destroy fabric of U.K. For RU sponsor

not covid19! summertime in us and... no break for this man-made virus! In fact covid19 energizes in summer heat and...winter storm!

That'll be the second wave.

Heading to the south Pacific....

Just hoping this virus infects me and it's over, sooner rather than later in this never ending nightmare.

Just like the flu does every year

Now that's the news that we should pay very close attention to, because the way it's hitting hard this summer by Fall it's going to be a wake up call and After that If will be a great test to see it through a bitter Winters Journey. I hope that's a lie

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