Flu patients take up an increasing number of beds as winter pressures strain both the system and its workforce.
With currently no vaccine against the vomiting bug, chief investigators in the trial said the jab could bring ‘huge health and economic benefits’
The jab is available to pregnant women and elderly people, and could prevent 5,000 hospitalisations for infants and 2,500 hospital admissions for older people in winter
Winter vomiting virus is spreading rapidly across England, with figures much higher than last year
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