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" The number of people catching flu is continuing to decrease, new figures show. There were 40.7 GP consultations per 100,000 people in England and Wales in the past week, down from 66.5 per 100,000 the previous week and 124.4 per 100,000 four weeks ago. A total of 338 people are reported to have died from flu in the UK so far this winter, and the majority of victims for whom information is available were in clinical &amp;#039;at risk&amp;#039; groups (73 per cent) but had not received the seasonal flu jab (76 per cent). Latest figures from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) also show that the H1N1 &amp;#039;swine flu&amp;#039; strain of the virus is no longer the predominant strain in circulation. Professor John Watson, head of the HPA&amp;#039;s respiratory diseases department, said that flu levels &amp;#039;are continuing to decline across the UK and we appear to be over the peak of activity&amp;#039;. However, he emphasised that flu is still circulating and reiterated the need for good hand and respiratory hygiene. Professor Dame Sally Davies, the government&amp;#039;s interim chief medical officer, said that she was &amp;#039;cautiously pleased&amp;#039; with the recent decline in flu cases and that the NHS has coped &amp;#039;fantastically well&amp;#039;. She also revealed that GPs who were running out of vaccines have been able to order extra supplies and urged people in at-risk groups who have not yet had the vaccine to do so. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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