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Doctors are urging people to get flu shots in order to avoid a killer virus - and vaccine supplies are running low as the peak of the season hits.

Health authorities are warning people about the potential effects of catching the flu and urging them to get immunised.

For those that do contract the flu and go on to develop sepsis, the consequences can be deadly.

A shortage in the flu vaccine has been caused by unprecedented demand, and supplies were being reserved for those most at risk of becoming seriously ill.