Personnel at Hull Royal Infirmary are now required to wear face masks following a rise in flu-related patient admissions, hospital management has confirmed. The Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has instructed its employees to wear these protective coverings within all patient-facing areas, citing a “low uptake of the flu vaccine” in the local area as a contributing factor. Amanda Stanford, the group chief nurse, stated that these protocols were implemented due to an observed increase in viral cases over the past fortnight. “All measures will be kept under constant review by our senior nursing and infection control teams,” Stanford further noted. Ms. Stanford also indicated that the infirmary plans to conduct clinical testing and consolidate flu patients onto specific wards, with the aim of curbing viral transmission. Post navigation Volunteers Praised for Supporting Socially Isolated Individuals Twin Graduates Reunited with Midwife Who Delivered Them Decades Ago