SA horror flu season continues with 17 deaths and more than 12,300 cases

NEWS: Health authorities say South Australia's flu season is unprecedented, with 12,339 cases to date this year, compared with 1328 at the same time last year.

Image of a man receiving flu vaccination

มีความต้องการวัคซีนไข้หวัดใหญ่เพิ่มสูงขึ้นท่ามกลางจำนวนผู้ป่วยที่ "ไม่เคยปรากฏมาก่อน" Source: AAP

South Australia is in the grips of an "unprecedented" flu season with 17 deaths and more than 12,300 confirmed case so far this year.

SA Health says the 12,339 cases in 2019 compares to 1348 at the same time last year, but remains the "tip of the iceberg" in terms of the number of cases in the community.

You can read the full version of this story in English on SBS News here and here.


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