The battle against flu: how can technology help?

According to Public Health England’s Annual Flu Report, there have been more than three million deaths in the UK since 2006 from flu. In an expert view piece, Nick Hawkins, managing director for EMEA at global mass notifications software provider Everbridge, shows how mass notification solutions can be used to stop the death toll rising.

Recent figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that last year an ineffective vaccine combined with low immunization rates across the UK resulted in the largest increase in flu deaths since 1968.

Who is most at risk?