Health Alerts

A surge in influenza infections that was first reported in late August continues, as the NICD announced that numbers spiked early this month, with ‘clusters of influenza cases in schools and workplaces’. The agency’s alert notice said that influenza B Victoria made up almost 40 percent of samples tested, followed by just over 23 percent of A (H1N1)pdm09 and influenza A (H3N2), 10.6 percent. Read more