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🇦🇺Australia: Covid-19 kills 5 times more people than flu in 2024.

"Five times as many Australians are dying from Covid-19 as the flu five years after the outbreak of the global pandemic, shock new research has revealed."

"New analysis by the Institute’s Mortality Working Group of mortality between January and November 2024 found 3,676 people died from Covid-19 – 69% more than predicted."

"Covid-19 deaths at 3,676 were five times more than the 728 recorded for influenza"

Source: archive.md/jV6Jt

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🇦🇺Australia: Christmas is less than a month away, but COVID-19 doesn't take a break over the festive season.

"While case numbers are "essentially meaningless now", infectious diseases physician and clinical microbiologist Paul Griffin says other indicators are pointing to high levels of COVID-19 activity."

"In my clinical practice I'm looking after a number of people who have been hospitalised with COVID at the moment, including some with severe disease," Professor Griffin says.

"So it's very clear COVID remains a risk but our case numbers unfortunately don't portray that accurately at all."

Source: abc.net.au/news/2024-11-27/how

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ABC News · How to stay COVID-safe this festive season, from the latest vaccine advice to tips for shopping and socialisingBy Jessica Riga