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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Damon Cronshaw

NSW Health issues flu warning: 'Children under five at highest risk'

Professor Nathan Bartlett says better vaccines and therapies are needed to boost immunity in the upper respiratory tract. Picture by Simone De Peak

Influenza rates rose by 21 per cent in Hunter New England in a week, as NSW Health warned that children under five were at highest risk from the deadly virus.

The latest NSW Health Respiratory Surveillance Report, released on Thursday, said there was "likely to be continued influenza activity for the next few weeks".

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