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John Elder

This year’s flu season was bad, but appears to have passed its peak

It appears that the flu has already flown, hitting its peak in June. Photo: Getty

The return of flu season, which went missing for a couple of locked-down years, was predicted to hit hard – and it did, kids especially.

And while the number of influenza notifications continues to sit above the five-year average, cases peaked in early June and have since dropped away at a fast rate.

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