GP surgeries across the country are having to postpone flu jabs for
patients because of a shortage of vaccine. Crucell, the global
pharmaceutical company based in the Netherlands, said it had stopped all
supplies because of "an unexpected test result".
High-risk patients, including the elderly and those with chronic
conditions such as asthma, may have to wait up to a month for their
jabs, having been invited by GPs to have them before the winter flu
season starts.
Flu lays low millions of Britons every winter, resulting in thousands of deaths, disruption to the NHS and harm to the economy.
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