専門家s 警告する of possible 新たにするd flu spike

Health 専門家s are 警告 of a 新たにするd spread of seasonal flu after two years of COVID-19 制限s left fertile ground for the 潜在的に deadly bug to spread.

The number of people hospitalised or killed by flu 徹底的に 拒絶する/低下するd during the pandemic, with 無 flu-関係のある deaths 記録,記録的な/記録するd in 2021.

However, the 率s of influenza ワクチン接種 ニュース報道 also fell by more than 25 per cent from 2020 to 2021, leaving Australians 特に 攻撃を受けやすい to new 緊張するs, によれば the 2022 Influenza 報告(する)/憶測 Card, 収集するd by Sanofi Australia and New Zealand.

In 2019, about 50 per cent of Australians had their flu 発射, a number that grew to 60 per cent in 2020 during the pandemic.

That number fell to just 34 per cent in 2021, and just 11 per cent of people have had a flu 発射 so far this year.

"Influenza ワクチン接種 ニュース報道 dropped 劇的な during the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving Australians susceptible to influenza," 感染性の 病気s 内科医 Paul Griffin from the University of Queensland said in the 報告(する)/憶測.

A 味方する 影響 of the pandemic was that the number of individual 事例/患者s and fatalities from flu fell 劇的な.

While the 衝撃 of flu 変化させるs from year to year, last year nobody died from flu, and only 600 事例/患者s were 記録,記録的な/記録するd.

That compares with more than 21,000 flu 事例/患者s and 36 deaths in 2020, where 事例/患者 numbers were 影響する/感情d by の近くにd 国境s and other pandemic 制限s.

Comparatively, in 2019, some 313,033 事例/患者s were 報告(する)/憶測d, and 902 people died.

"Each season the 衝撃 of influenza 異なるs," 感染性の 病気s paediatrician Robert Booy said.

"We 推定する/予想する that with 全世界の travel 再開するing, influenza 緊張するs will also travel and 感染 率s will rise," he 追加するd.

事実上の/代理 Australian 長,指導者 医療の Officer Sonya Bennett had 警告するd that both flu and COVID-19 were 高度に contagious, serious ウイルスs and everybody 適格の should be vaccinated.

"This year's winter season will likely see both an 増加する in 伝達/伝染 of the coronavirus and, for the first time since 2019, a resurgence in influenza," Dr Bennett said in a 声明.

Anyone over the age of six should get a flu 発射.

She said people should 公式文書,認める flu ワクチンs do not 妨げる COVID-19, and COVID-19 ワクチンs will not 保護する people from the flu.

"For this 推論する/理由, it is 決定的な people get a flu ワクチン and are also up to date with their COVID-19 ワクチン接種s, 含むing having a COVID-19 winter booster dose if they are 適格の," she said.

"If you have been sick with COVID-19, you can receive a flu ワクチン as soon as you feel 井戸/弁護士席."

Influenza ワクチン接種 率s by 明言する/公表する and 領土

NSW - 2021- 32% - 2022 - 10%

VIC - 2021 - 35% - 2022 - 10%

Qld - 2021 - 34% 2022 - 11%

WA - 2021 - 33% 2022 - 9%

SA - 2021 - 43% - 2022 16%

Tas - 2021 - 41% - 2022 - 13%

ACT - 2021 - 44% - 2022 - 15%

NT 2021 - 29% - 2022 - 6%

国家の: 2021 - 34% 2022 - 11%

Source: Influenza 報告(する)/憶測 Card, Sanofi Australia and New Zealand

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