Doctors report increasing numbers of people seeking treatment for gastroenteritis: viral infections have recently spread among children and now temperatures in the high 30s and 40s each day have led to a spike in food poisoning diagnoses. Some cases have also been seen in Cypriots who had travelled to SE Asian destinations on holiday. Record high temperatures are being recorded across many areas in the Northern Hemisphere – heat stress warnings are current for widespread regions of Europe. Read more
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