‘A LOT MORE KIDS’ GET FLU

EXPERTS are warning more kids are likely to be exposed to flu this season as Australia braces for a nationwide triple threat that also includes colds and Covid cases.

Professor Ian Barr, deputy director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, told 3AW on Monday it’s the first major appearance of the flu in two years that have otherwise been dominated by the coronavirus.

“(The resurgence) is likely to affect a lot more kids, that’s for sure, whether it’s any worse or not remains to be seen. Certainly been a big upswing of influenza in Melbourne and the east coast of Australia over the past six weeks.

“There’s a difference between this flu and other flus – in young children these symptoms will persist, you’ll have fever, cough, muscle soreness and fatigue.”