Flu season to hit harder, later in 2021

Monday April 05, 2021

After a record-low flu season in 2020, this year’s wave of influenza will probably hit later, and doctors are warning it could make a big comeback.

Australia saw the lowest number of influenza cases on record in 2020, and there have been few cases recorded over the past six months, following a record-high number  in 2019.

So how will things play out in 2021?

“That’s the $64 million question,” Ian Barr, from the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, said.

“It will remain low but when things free up, when international borders…

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