Almost three-quarters of Britain's pregnant women have still not received the flu jab this winter, according to Andrew Lansley, the health secretary.
In a letter to his Labour shadow, John Healey, Lansley said that although the number of expectant mothers who have received the seasonal flu injection had almost doubled this year, more than 70% remain unvaccinated.
The correspondence also revealed for the first time that the number of mothers-to-be who have died from flu this winter is "between one and four". But Lansley declined to give a more detailed figure "in order to safeguard the confidentiality of the patients concerned".
