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fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
5 days agoSome schools are in lockdown as 'super flu' affects hundreds of pupils and staff - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
H3N2 'super flu' is causing widespread school illness and rising hospital admissions, prompting temporary school closures and urgent vaccination and infection-control measures.
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1 month agoNew flu virus mutation could see 'worst season in a decade'
Flu strikes every winter, but this year something seems to be different. A seasonal flu virus suddenly mutated in the summer. It appears to evade some of our immunity, has kick-started a flu season more than a month early, and is a type of flu that history suggests is more severe. The NHS has now issued a "flu jab SOS" as fears grow that this will add up to a brutal winter. There is a lot of nuance and uncertainty, but leading flu experts have told me they would not be shocked if this was the worst flu season for a decade.
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