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Flu virus hits care facilities
6th Aug 2014 8:00 AM
There's been an influenza outbreak in New South Wales nursing homes and aged care facilities. There's been an influenza outbreak in New South Wales nursing homes and aged care facilities. Sunshine Coast Daily Archives
NSW Health is warning elderly residents on the Coffs Coast to be on high alert for influenza after the flu virus struck a number of aged care facilities on the Mid North Coast.
So far 24 aged care facilities have reported influenza outbreaks.
"These outbreaks have affected 61 staff and 318 residents, 45 of which have been hospitalised," NSW Health's director of the Communicable Diseases Branch Dr Vicky Sheppeard said.
"Almost 2800 cases of confirmed influenza were notified in July and we are also seeing high rates of flu activity in hospital emergency departments, especially in people over the age of 65...
..."So far this winter we have seen all three strains of influenza circulating but the influenza A H3N2 strain has been the dominant one. We know people in older age groups are more susceptible to this strain in particular."...
Flu virus hits care facilities
6th Aug 2014 8:00 AM
There's been an influenza outbreak in New South Wales nursing homes and aged care facilities. There's been an influenza outbreak in New South Wales nursing homes and aged care facilities. Sunshine Coast Daily Archives
NSW Health is warning elderly residents on the Coffs Coast to be on high alert for influenza after the flu virus struck a number of aged care facilities on the Mid North Coast.
So far 24 aged care facilities have reported influenza outbreaks.
"These outbreaks have affected 61 staff and 318 residents, 45 of which have been hospitalised," NSW Health's director of the Communicable Diseases Branch Dr Vicky Sheppeard said.
"Almost 2800 cases of confirmed influenza were notified in July and we are also seeing high rates of flu activity in hospital emergency departments, especially in people over the age of 65...
..."So far this winter we have seen all three strains of influenza circulating but the influenza A H3N2 strain has been the dominant one. We know people in older age groups are more susceptible to this strain in particular."...