Health chiefs on Wednesday appealed to millions of people in England to get vaccinated against both coronavirus and flu to stave off the risk of a “twindemic” hitting the UK this winter.
The UK Health Security Agency said waves of flu had already been seen in southern hemisphere countries, including Australia, deepening concerns that the UK may also experience its first significant outbreak since Covid-19 emerged.
The dominant flu virus worldwide is H3N2, a subtype associated with more severe disease. During the most recent serious outbreak of the virus in 2017-18, more than 40,000 people were hospitalised in England and there were 22,000 excess deaths, according to the health agency.
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