A map reveals NHS hospitals with the highest flu cases as a record-breaking outbreak sweeps across the country

A map shows the NHS hospitals under strain from record super flu cases as the health service identifies those most at risk from the "nasty" strain.

NHS England is urging people to get the flu jab as it faces its "worst-case scenario for this time of year" , NHS national medical director Meghana Pandit said today. The new strain of seasonal influenza A, H3N2, is driving an unusually early and severe flu season because there is "less natural immunity in the community", the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) warned. "H3N2 flu strains typically affect older adults more severely than H1N1 strains, leading to more hospitalisations and deaths, creating further pressure on our NHS thi

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