Omicron may protect you against seasonal flu - Business Plus

London testing expert Dr Quinton Fivelman says that if you have had the Omicron variant of Covid recently you could already be protected against a serious influenza infection this winter.

There’s strong evidence that catching the latest Omicron variants of Covid can protect you from serious influenza.

Martin Michaelis and teams from the University of Kent and from Germany show a direct link between catching the latest Omicron variants of Covid-19 and gaining protection against flu.

It seems a response from the body caused by fighting the Omicron variant also stops the influenza virus from replicating.

The latest research shows that Omicron is just as likely as previous Covid variants to lead to cases of long Covid, with 34% of all long Covid cases having developed during the Omicron-era