UK flu outbreak 'worst in seven years'

The UK is experiencing its worst outbreak of flu in seven years, the Department of Health and Social Care has revealed.A department spokesman has described it as "the most significant flu season since the winter of 2010-11", with thousands more people being treated in December than during the same month in 2016."We know hospitals are under pressure and hardworking staff treated 55,328 people within four hours every single day in December - 1,272 more each day than in the same month the previous