Royal Children's Hospital sees 500 per cent spike in influenza in two weeks - Sydney Morning Herald

After two years of being all but eradicated in Australia, paediatricians say the flu is back with a vengeance and posing a new danger to children who have not been exposed to the disease or have waning immunity.

Influenza is spreading rapidly among Victorian children, sparking an up to 500 per cent increase in flu cases detected in the Royal Childrens Hospital lab in the last two weeks alone. After two year… [+1543 chars]

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