Via The Telegraph :
" Doctors have warned they are seeing the worst flu outbreak in 10 years in some areas as fears grow that three more people may have died after contracting swine flu.
The new deaths would take the total to 20 so far this winter, with the majority linked to the H1N1 swine flu virus. Laboratory tests on the latest deaths in Leicester are awaited.
Dr Philip Monk, communicable diseases consultant for the Health Protection Agency (HPA) in the East Midlands, said: "It is the worst winter outbreak for influenza and viruses for 10 years.
"There are a lot of illnesses out there. Vulnerable people, like young children, are at risk. Unfortunately some of them die."
Nationally, flu levels remain normal for this time of year but cases have doubled in a week."
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