Has Covid killed off the flu?

It was feared by many to be the perfect winter storm, a nightmare situation that would push our health service over the edge: the 'twin-demic' of flu, which kills about 10,000 Britons every year, and a second deadly wave of Covid-19. Such was the concern that the Government rolled out the biggest flu vaccination programme in British history. Thirty million people – 20 per cent more than normal, and now including all over-50s – are eligible for this year's jab. Take up of the vaccine is already the highest it has ever been in the over-65s and young children, according to the latest reports. There's just one curious problem: flu, it seems, has all but vanished. It was feared by many to be the perfect winter storm, a nightmare situation that would push our health service over the edge: the 'twin-demic' of flu, which kills about 10,000 Britons every year, and a second deadly wave of Covid-19. Pictured: Stock image The disappearing act began as Covid-19 rolled in towards the end of our flu …