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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Damon Cronshaw

'Perfect storm': high levels of COVID, influenza, RSV and pertussis

Dr Peter Murray, a public health physician, said "this was a significant COVID wave". Picture supplied

Influenza rates have risen by 70 per cent in Hunter New England in a week, health data shows.

COVID hospitalisations are falling and the latest wave appears to have peaked, but high levels of the virus are spreading.

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