Australia is heading for a 'triple threat' from respiratory diseases, including a fifth wave of COVID-19, this winter, a health expert warned today. 9News
Workplaces, schools and homes are set to be impacted by a spike in coronavirus cases as well as influenza, Respiratory Syncytial Virus and other illnesses.
During the week ending on Friday, May 19, 38,226 cases were reported across the country, with an average of 5,461 cases per day. "Nearly every industry and workplace has been affected ... postal services, distribution centres, healthcare and schools."Martiniuk said schools were already straining to maintain classroom learning because large numbers of supply teachers, who could fill in for sick full-time teachers, had retired or left the education sector.Parents are being told to get their children vaccinated against the flu as a highly-contagious strain spreads.
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