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Flu cases are on the rise across Australia. Do I need a winter vaccination?
With an extended season in Europe and more people travelling, experts say now is the time to guard against flu and other respiratory diseases
Experts are urging Australians to be proactive about getting winter vaccinations amid warnings that flu infections are already on the rise.
“We’ve started to see flu numbers creep up,” said Dr Daryl Cheng, medical lead at the Melbourne Vaccine Education Centre. “With the return of travel we’re starting to see seasonal patterns mimic what we were more used to pre-Covid,” he said.
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