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7th January 2017
12:52pm GMT

"Confirmed influenza hospitalisations and influenza outbreaks are currently at high levels and are continuing to increase, with those aged 65 years and older most affected. Respiratory admissions reported from a sentinel hospital network were at very high levels. It is recommended that antivirals be considered for the treatment or prevention of influenza in high-risk groups.”Dr McDaid said:
“We need a real long spell of a week’s cold hard frost in order to change this. As long as we have this type of weather then this flu in adults and children, in particular, are going to be the main people who suffer as a result of this. I think that after the Christmas break now, once they go back to school again for a week or two I think the rate of absenteeism is going to go right up. You’d be far better off being proactive rather than reactive and saying maybe we should close it down at this stage or at least make some decision.”