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Mackay residents are being urged to protect themselves this flu season and not get complacent after last year’s plummeting flu cases.
Northern Queensland Primary Health Network chief executive Robin Whyte said with the COVID-19 jab also available, it was important for people to speak to their vaccination provider to manage the timing of both vaccines.
“During much of the flu season last year, we were all protecting ourselves against COVID-19 by staying home, socially distancing where possible, and practising increased hygiene and handwashing,” Ms Whyte said.
“These behaviours helped to stop the spread of not only COVID-19, but also flu viruses in the community, with a 90.7 per cent decrease in lab confirmed influenza cases in the Mackay Hospital and Health Service region in 2020, compared with the previous year.