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  • AU: flu worsens in Northern Territory

    Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-...n-nt/101132294


    Two patients a day evacuated from Maningrida as flu outbreak worsens in Northern Territory
    By national regional health reporter Steven Schubert
    Posted 15h ago

    Key points:

    The Northern Territory has already recorded 28 times more flu cases in 2022 compared to 2021
    The peak health body says health workers were caught off-guard by the early arrival of the flu
    The early onset meant authorities were not able to undertake mass vaccinations beforehand

    A remote Northern Territory Indigenous community is medically evacuating two residents a day as the Top End deals with a "tsunami" of flu cases during its worst outbreak in years.

    For the past week, one or two people have been flown out of Maningrida — 370 kilometres from Darwin on the north coast of Arnhem Land — each day due to a severe outbreak of influenza.

    "These are unprecedented numbers in volumes per day," local health clinic manager Jessica Gatti said...
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