Local health officials say COVID safety measures helped lower flu cases
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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) With many hospitals across the state already at or near capacity, health officials have been concerned that a bad flu season would only add more stress to the healthcare system.
But they say measures put in place to slow the spread of COVID are helping keep flu numbers much lower than in recent years. We happen to catch a break, a much-needed break in the midst of COVID-19 being the disease that we really need to focus all our energy on, said Merced County Director of Public Health Rebecca Nanyonjo-Kemp.