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NEWS… BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
With the clocks having gone back and winter nights drawing in, it’s almost that time of year.
No, not Christmas. Flu season.
Flu, or the influenza virus, is spread through droplets when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Picked up from direct contact or traces on surfaces, the flu can spread quickly and prove debilitating, leaving people with a fever, chills, aches and extreme tiredness.
A winter ‘twindemic’ of Covid and the flu has been warned, with officials urging people to get the flu jab to help limit the spread of the flu.