Britain is planning the “biggest flu vaccination programme in history” to save the NHS this winter, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced.
Millions more doses have been ordered as ministers consider rolling it out to swathes of the population at greater risk. It comes as a government report today reveals a second wave of Covid-19 could be worse than the first and cause 120,000 deaths.
Currently the flu jab is offered to children, over-65s, pregnant women and people with certain medical conditions. After years of falling take-up, ministers fear a bad flu season and Covid-19 could overwhelm the NHS.
Mr Hancock told the National Pharmacy Association: “We are expecting high demand.” Reports earlier this month suggested 10 million extra
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