Rapid rise in cases prompts some pathology providers to include influenza tests as part of Covid PCR tests
while the state continues to battle Covid-19, as well as consistently high levels of medical staff furloughing and “unprecedented” demand on emergency and ambulance services.
He reminded people over 65, pregnant women and people with some medical conditions that the flu jab was already free for them and widely available. “The amount of cases that New South Wales ambulance has been going to is genuinely in the unprecedented category,” he said. In April, 116,000 cases were attended by ambulances in NSW– only slightly down from 119,000 in January, a big increase on the pre-Covid average.
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