Victoria recorded more flu cases in the past few days than the whole of last year, as influenza returns after being seen off by pandemic border closures. Influenza
Doctors are urging people to get a flu jab, as Victoria records more flu cases in a few days than in 2021.While it’s unclear how severe this flu season will be, more than 50 Australians have been hospitalised this year.Victoria has recorded more cases of flu in the past few days than the whole of last year, as influenza returns after being seen off by COVID pandemic border closures.
Former deputy chief health officer Professor Allen Cheng, an infectious diseases doctor involved in a project monitoring flu and other respiratory diseases in hospitals, says there have been more than 50 cases of the flu admitted to Australian hospitals this year, a lot of them in recent weeks. “All I can say is don’t wait for those flu stories to arise, that will be too late,” said Sutton, as he had his flu shot at a small pharmacy in Melbourne’s CBD on Friday.
“Some people think that because we haven’t had the flu for the last couple of years, then a lot of people’s immunity will be waning, and we could be in for a big year,” Cheng said. “It may be [that] just a small amount of social distancing and a small amount of mask wearing and staying at home if unwell, could continue to suppress the flu [so we] don’t have a severe year.”
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