New ‘100-day cough’ warning as cases soar 40% in a week - is your area at risk?

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New ‘100-day cough’ warning as cases soar 40% in a week - is your area at risk?

CASES of the dreaded ‘100-day-cough’ have soared by almost 40 per cent in one week, new figures suggest. A total of 824 Brits are believed to have fallen ill with the bacterial infection in the week leading up to April 14 – up from 595 the previous week. Whooping cough is a bacterial infection of the lungs and breathing tubes that spreads rapidly. Symptoms tend to be similar to a cold, such as a runny nose and sore throat, plus bouts of coughi…