TWELVE people have died after contracting flu in Wales, the Assembly Government said last night.
And flu was a contributory factor in a further 45 deaths since October, the figures revealed.
But experts believe the true number of people who have died as a result of flu this winter in Wales will be far higher.
The figures – the first to be issued by the Assembly Government since the end of the swine flu pandemic – come as doctors in Wales have been given permission to use the 2009 swine flu jab to vaccinate patients. It follows shortages of the seasonal flu vaccine in parts of Wales, including the nation’s largest hospital
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