Stomach Flu 2024 Uk. Britain is in the grip of a gastric flu outbreak which has spread from hospitals in scotland to the south coast, health chiefs said today. There were also an average 3,949 patients with covid (up 22% on 3,248 one month ago) and 1,416 patients in hospital with flu each day in the week ending january 14,.

Norovirus, also called the winter vomiting bug, is a stomach bug that causes vomiting and diarrhoea. Influenza (commonly known as flu) is a respiratory infection.