Flu jab campaign

More flu vaccinations urged in Wales

The number of people in Wales taking up free flu jabs is lower than in England, Ireland and Scotland.

Only half the people who are classed as most at risk of getting serious complications are protecting themselves from it.

Now doctors here are calling for more people to have a flu vaccination.

Our Health Correspondent Mariclare Carey-Jones has been investigting

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Flu jab campaign

A campaign is being launched to encourage the wider population to get flu jabs. At the moment people in high risk groups such as asthmatics are offered vaccination shots or nasal sprays, but the take-up is lower in Wales than the rest of the UK.

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