25 Feb 2021

New UK Covid strain bring different symptoms

From First Up, 5:50 am on 25 February 2021

Got muscle aches or a headache? Are you feeling more tired than usual? The Director General of Health is urging anyone feeling unwell to get tested for Covid-19 as the new UK B.1.1.7 strain mimics flu-like symptoms. Up til now we've been told to look out for warning signs like a sore throat, a cough and a loss of taste and smell.. But the new UK variant, which has infected 11 people so far in the Papatoetoe school cluster, has much different symptoms and there are concerns people might put off being tested. Ella Stewart reports.