Mildura’s recorded 74 cases of flu so far this year, compared to 40 this time in 2022.
And we’re being encouraged to get the flu vaccine as the flu season looms after a particularly infectious winter period in the Northern Hemisphere.
Infectious disease physician Dr Callum Maggs says while vaccines don’t stop infection it does reduce the severity of symptoms.
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Dr Maggs says the highest risk age group is the five-to-nine year old group.
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