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Australia's winter flu outbreak spikes early in season
?Rapid upswing? began in mid-July, with a particularly bad year in NSW seeing more than 50 outbreaks in the state?s aged care homes last week alone
Christopher Knaus
Thursday 3 August 2017 07.45 BST
Last modified on Thursday 3 August 2017 07.46 BST
The winter spike in flu-like symptoms is occurring earlier than usual across Australia this year, new data suggests.
The Flutracking Project, coordinated by public health physician Craig Dalton, has recorded increases in flu-like symptoms at a much earlier point than the five-year average.
?We?re seeing an early rapid upswing,? Dalton said. ?Usually we get this sort of upswing in fever and cough and influenza-like illness in late August, but this year it?s really started in mid to late-July.?...
Australia's winter flu outbreak spikes early in season
?Rapid upswing? began in mid-July, with a particularly bad year in NSW seeing more than 50 outbreaks in the state?s aged care homes last week alone
Christopher Knaus
Thursday 3 August 2017 07.45 BST
Last modified on Thursday 3 August 2017 07.46 BST
The winter spike in flu-like symptoms is occurring earlier than usual across Australia this year, new data suggests.
The Flutracking Project, coordinated by public health physician Craig Dalton, has recorded increases in flu-like symptoms at a much earlier point than the five-year average.
?We?re seeing an early rapid upswing,? Dalton said. ?Usually we get this sort of upswing in fever and cough and influenza-like illness in late August, but this year it?s really started in mid to late-July.?...