The worst flu season on record is expected to hit the UK as the H3N2 strain produces more severe symptoms, and is better at evading existing immunity - but here’s how to avoid it

Doctors are warning people to protect themselves and their families from a new strain of flu.

Data on the H3N2 strain from Australia shows it has had its worst flu season on record and this is expected to be the case in Britain as we head into our winter. Japan has seen schools closed across the country as infections reach epidemic proportions and thousands have been hospitalised by H3N2.

Health officials in Britain had already warned that flu has arrived a month earlier than usual but there are fears not enough eligible people are taking up the offer of the free NHS flu vaccine. Latest data shows two out

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