Killer flu hits Britain

Daily Express | UK News :: Killer flu hits Britain.

BRITAIN’S flu crisis is expected to get even worse within weeks as a deadly Australian strain of the virus spreads across the country, health officials warned yesterday.

The strain that caused a severe epidemic in Australia, killing six children, has arrived here as the UK struggles with its worst flu outbreak for eight years.

Experts have warned that infections in Britain and Ireland will increase from January to March.