The swine flu outbreak is almost over

Flu deaths have reached 338 since the start of the flu season last October.

According to GPs all over the UK, the latest deaths have not occurred in the past two weeks, but have just been reported because of the time taken to verify they were actually linked to the flu.

Ninety-two per cent of the deaths (at least 310 people), have been linked to swine flu and most people who died belonged to an at-risk group, meaning they had an underlying health condition such as hearth disease or diabetes, or were aged 65 or over.

New data also reveal decline in levels of flu across the UK and according to the latest tests, swine flu is not longer the dominant strain of the virus.