'Additional pressure': Disease expert on what to expect as the worst flu in years hits our health system
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Clinicians across the country are reportedly drawing on COVID-era measures as influenza cases surge.
Respiratory illness have reached their highest numbers since 2015 - with 177 people hospitalised in Auckland last week.
Health NZ is urging people to save emergency departments for emergencies, as ambulance services struggle to meet demand.
University of Canterbury Biological Mathematician Michael Plank tells Heather du Plessis-Allan that hospitalisations could increase as the flu takes hold.
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