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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lisa Salmon

A doctor’s guide to stopping your children catching flu this Christmas

Flu can be more severe in children (Alamy/PA) -

There’s been a spike in the number of children with flu – meaning there’s soon likely to be a corresponding rise in the number of adults with the virus.

The NHS is “bracing” itself for a challenging winter, with hospitals already dealing with a “quad-demic” of rising levels of flu, Covid-19, norovirus and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), warns Saffron Cordery, interim chief executive of NHS Providers.

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