Superdrug and Boots drop flu jab price to under £10 as hospital cases spike

Superdrug and Boots have both dropped the price of their private flu jabs to under £10, the multiples have confirmed.

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The new prices will remain in place until the end of the flu season, the multiples said

Boots reduced the price of its private winter flu jab from £16.99 to £9.95 last month (December 23) amid a rise in hospital flu cases of “two thirds in one week”, it said.

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