Experts are worried about the lethal start to the flu season.. with 63 influenza-related deaths recorded in January.
There’ve been one-hundred and twenty-eight recorded cases of flu in Geelong so far this year.. while there’ve been 25 on the Surf Coast.
Health authorities are urging us to get vaccinated when jabs rollout.
Immunisation Coalition chairman Rod Pearce has said there is a need to get immunisation rolled out.
“We’re anxious about the fact there is high-circulating flu in the summer, which means it’s here, ready to take off early,” he told media.
“We’re really nervous about low [vaccination] rates because people seem to be forgetting how nasty the flu is.
“Under-vaccination means less people are protected and more vulnerable people are vulnerable [to the disease].”
