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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nicholas Cecil,Megan Howe and Matt Watts

'Stay at home' and don't go on Tube if you have flu-like symptoms, says London NHS chief as virus sweeps city

Londoners have been urged by the capital’s NHS chief to “stay at home” and not go on the Tube, trains or buses if they have flu-like symptoms.

Dr Chris Streather, Medical Director for NHS London, also strongly encouraged people to avoid Christmas parties if they have a cough or are sneezing so they do not risk spreading the flu to family, friends and colleagues.

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