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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Damon Cronshaw

New COVID wave, as hospitalisations spike amid triple virus threat

COVID-19 and influenza activity is increasing, prompting health authorities to urge people to consider vaccines. Picture by Paul Scambler

COVID hospitalisations have almost doubled in a month in Hunter New England, as another wave of the virus takes hold.

The wave is expected to peak in the middle of winter, worrying authorities as influenza and RSV cases are also rising.

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