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Topic - Aged Care

Flu – and coronavirus – through to October?

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How long will our virus journey be? The above graph courtesy of the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance Scheme (NNDSS) says we have the traditional flu season about to kick off and it can easily extend to October.

Stocks of PPEs, personal protection equipment in aged care homes, were ordered and delivered several months ago for a normal ‘flu season’ and unlikely to last this year’s extraordinary load.

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