Hundreds of individuals across Gloucestershire are bed-ridden along with the flu.
Pupils have actually been passing up school and adults passing up job along with the recent influenza that has actually gripped the county, along with one school also confirming they had been functioning along with Public Good health England to contain the outbreak.
Although the flu is much more common at this time of year, it has actually been confirmed that there are in honest truth much more cases of the ailment compared to usual.
Mike Wade, Deputy Director of Good health Protection for Public Good health England South West said: “Our figures indicate flu is now circulating in the community and the PHE Centre is receiving an raise in reports of outbreaks of respiratory/flu-enjoy ailment in community settings such as schools and care homes.”
The flu is not the exact same as the common cold, along with symptoms usually being much more major and enduring longer.
A spokesperson for Cheltenham College said: “We can easily confirm that flu damaged a variety of our pupils last week.
“Having worked carefully along with Public Good health England and the College Medical Officer to contain the outbreak, we were able to keep on to run as regular in terms of teaching not least due to the fact that relatively couple of staff were straight affected.
“We are happy to state that we have actually had no brand-new cases confirmed this week, however naturally we’ll keep on to follow the help we’re receiving from Public Good health England until we can easily make certain the outbreak is for good over.”
A spokesperson from Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust confirmed that they had seen much more cases of influenza compared to usual at Gloucestershire hospitals.
“We have actually seen an raise in the variety of flu cases complying with a strain of influenza circulating in the community.”
They added that for a lot of people, influenza is not life threatening and the seasonal flu vaccination will certainly assistance to protect versus the infection.
“We would certainly ask, if you have actually flu-enjoy symptoms, to stay clear of going to family and friends at our hospitals until the symptoms have actually cleared.”
Many parents about Gloucestershire have actually spoken regarding their major symptoms and having to sustain their youngsters off school.
Councillor Suzanne Williams, Liberal Democrat for Hester’s Means and Springbank, said: “Poorly kid again this morning.
“He has actually been coughing a lot of of the night and was up dressed and prepared to head out the door, then threw up.
“The school won’t be happy, however exactly what are we supposed to do?”
Mum Jo Smith added: “We’ve been ill over a month… my children fortunately haven’t had it very as inadequate as me however had to have actually time off school.
“I’ve been horrific…my skin, joints, muscles, head, belly every one of sore.
“My nose is operating so considerably I had a nose bleed, coughing so considerably I’m heaving.”
See NHS assistance on combatting influenza here.