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A flu epidemic could sweep across Sussex this winter if not enough people get themselves vaccinated, medics have warned.
Scores of people have already been struck down by the virus with GP surgeries around the county reporting a sharp rise in patients coming in.
Cases include two strains of winter flu and swine flu.
The rise has been partly blamed on a lower than expected uptake of the annual flu vaccine so far this year.
It is believed people are refusing to take it up because this year's jab includes a vaccine for swine flu.
Concerns were raised about its safety when it was introduced last year.
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Two people are currently being treated for swine flu at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.
Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Worthing Hospital and St Richard's Hospital in Chichester, is also dealing with a case.
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/8747125.Sussex_facing_flu_epidemic_as_patients_refuse_vaccines/
Scores of people have already been struck down by the virus with GP surgeries around the county reporting a sharp rise in patients coming in.
Cases include two strains of winter flu and swine flu.
The rise has been partly blamed on a lower than expected uptake of the annual flu vaccine so far this year.
It is believed people are refusing to take it up because this year's jab includes a vaccine for swine flu.
Concerns were raised about its safety when it was introduced last year.
..
Two people are currently being treated for swine flu at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.
Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs Worthing Hospital and St Richard's Hospital in Chichester, is also dealing with a case.
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/8747125.Sussex_facing_flu_epidemic_as_patients_refuse_vaccines/