If you’ve been procrastinating over getting a flu jab, let this be your sign to book an appointment.

The NHS has just issued an ‘urgent plea’ for people to get vaccinated, with the numbers of people in hospital in the capital already triple what they were this time last year.

London Ambulance Service has also said they’re dealing with a large volume of calls, with numbers seen over the last weekend of November more typical of New Year’s Eve .

Last month was its busiest November on record, with 999 call handlers receiving 192,600 calls – over 13,000 more compared to the same month last year.

Today, the NHS issued an ‘urgent plea’ for people to get their flu vaccine and reduce their risk of becoming seriously unwell, as a mutated version of the virus which has already caused a bad f

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