Increase in hard-to-kick coughs due to year-end rise in acute respiratory infections

General practitioners said they saw upticks in the number of patients battling lingering coughs and returning to their clinics repeatedly at the end of 2023. - PEXELS

SINGAPORE: More people suffered from hard-to-kick coughs in Singapore in the last few months of 2023, as respiratory viruses hit high gear.

General practitioners (GPs) The Straits Times spoke to said that while it is common for people to have a cough at the end of the year, largely due to the colder and wetter weather, they saw upticks in the number of patients battling lingering coughs and returning to their clinics repeatedly.