Adults over 50 and some secondary school pupils to get free flu jab

Hope that vaccines will avert NHS being overwhelmed by flu season alongside a resurgent coronavirus

All adults over 50 and children in the first year of secondary school in England will be offered a free flu vaccination this autumn in a campaign to try to avoid the NHS being overwhelmed in the event of a second Covid-19 wave.

In a bid to escape the nightmare scenario of a bad flu season alongside a resurgence of the coronavirus, the government has successfully secured contracts for 30 million doses of flu vaccine, double the number that were administered last year.

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