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Victoria's deadly flu season has claimed the life of an eight-year-old girl and people have been warned not to dismiss symptoms as "simply a cold". The child, who has not been publicly identified, died at Angliss Hospital in Upper Ferntree Gully in Melbourne's outer-east on Friday, a health department spokesperson said.
Her death follows that of young father Ben Ihlow on Father's Day.
The deadly strain of flu has killed 94 people in Victorian aged-care facilities so far this year.
"We are having a horrific flu season," Health Minister Jill Hennessy told 3AW radio.
"This is an influenza strain that is able to impact the young, the elderly, the well and the unwell."
Her death follows that of young father Ben Ihlow on Father's Day.
The deadly strain of flu has killed 94 people in Victorian aged-care facilities so far this year.
"We are having a horrific flu season," Health Minister Jill Hennessy told 3AW radio.
"This is an influenza strain that is able to impact the young, the elderly, the well and the unwell."