Numbers up for flu jabs

QUEENSLAND Health has issued 45 per cent more free flu vaccine than at this time last year as more people line up for the jab off the back of a record 2017 season.

Data released this week shows 4315 Queenslanders have tested positive for influenza this year – 267 more than this time last year – but the jump coincides with significantly increased testing.

Flu vaccine is free for the elderly, indigenous people aged 15 and over, pregnant women and Australians with chronic health conditions under the National Immunisation program.