Should I get a flu jab this winter?
Should I get a flu jab?
The World Health Organisation, external and the NHS, external say getting a flu shot could help health services fight Covid-19 this winter.
Certain groups who are most at risk from influenza can get the flu vaccination for free, but others will have to pay privately.
But how can a flu jab help health services and individuals? How effective is the flu vaccine?
BBC Health Correspondent Laura Foster, external explains.
Video by Laura Foster, Mattea Bubalo and Terry Saunders