This is particularly true if you, or a toddler, have a excessive temperature that's not coming down, mentioned George Sandhu, the Deputy Superintendent Pharmacist at Well Pharmacy.

"It's particularly important to seek help with your symptoms if you're at increased risk of getting ill from Covid," mentioned Sandhu.

High-risk teams embrace:

• Pregnant girls
• Aged 60 or over
• Have a weakened immune system.

"There isn’t one specific thing that should trigger seeking medical attention," mentioned Sandhu.

That's why any signs which might be troubling you warrant a name to NHS 111.

"We’d advise getting your booster jab if you’re eligible to give yourself the best possible protection," added Sandhu.

Covid signs, as listed by the NHS:

• A excessive temperature or shivering (chills) – a excessive temperature means you're feeling scorching to the touch in your chest or again (you don't want to measure your temperature)
• A brand new, steady cough – this implies coughing so much for greater than an hour, or 3 or extra coughing episodes in 24 hours
• A loss or change to your sense of scent or style
• Shortness of breath
• Feeling drained or exhausted
• An aching physique
• A headache
• A sore throat
• A blocked or runny nostril
• Loss of urge for food
• Diarrhoea
• Feeling sick or being sick.

The well being physique suggests searching for assist from NHS 111 or requesting an pressing GP appointment if any of the next applies:

• You're nervous about your or a toddler's COVID-19 signs or should not positive what to do
• The signs are getting worse or should not getting higher
• You or a toddler have a excessive temperature that lasts 5 days or extra or doesn't come down with paracetamol
• A toddler underneath three months previous and has a temperature of 38C or larger, otherwise you assume they've a excessive temperature
• A toddler is three to 6 months previous and has a temperature of 39C.

Sometimes there might be different indicators of sickness that require quick medical consideration.

Sandhu elaborated: "If you or a child have other signs of illness, such as a rash, loss of appetite, or feeling weak you should seek medical advice immediately as this could be a sign of meningitis."

Many individuals expertise Covid the identical approach that they'd expertise a chilly or the flu.

Recovery might take a few weeks, however some individuals can take as much as 12 weeks to really feel again to regular.

Any Covid signs lingering for greater than 12 weeks is taken into account to be an indication of lengthy Covid.

The commonest signs of lengthy Covid embrace:

• Extreme tiredness (fatigue)
• Feeling in need of breath
• Loss of scent
• Muscle aches.