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Winter Flu Death Toll Topped 600

Last winter's flu outbreak claimed 602 lives in the UK, with more than 70% of the deaths among 15- to 64-year-olds, Health Protection Agency figures show.

Flu normally hits older people, but last winter it acted differently as the main strain was swine flu, which the elderly have some resistance to.

The HPA figures also show just 50% of under-65s in at-risk groups in England and Wales were immunised against flu.

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Extract taken from BBC news