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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Health
Ella Pickover

Hospitals ‘nowhere near out of the woods’ as flu cases rise

Resident doctors are staging a five-day strike in protest over jobs and pay (Danny Lawson/PA) - (PA Wire)

Hospitals are “nowhere near out of the woods yet” as flu cases remain at record levels for this time of year, health officials have said.

The figures were revealed as resident doctors in England have entered the second day of strike action due to a bitter dispute with the Government over jobs and pay.

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