Flu now killing five times more people than Covid-19

Influenza deaths overtook those caused by coronavirus in mid-June, UK figures show

Woman sneezing
Up to 650,000 people die worldwide from Flu every year, the WHO says
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Flu and pneumonia are now killing five times as many people as the coronavirus, according to the most recent figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

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