"More widespread": Major flu outbreak puts pressure on health system
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A surge of influenza A is hitting New Zealand.
This year's numbers are the highest in four years, and hospitalisations in Auckland are the highest they've been for a decade.
Covid health measures have been reinstated in GP clinics with phone-first triaging and respiratory patients being separated from normal patients.
Dr Bryan Betty joined Jack Tame to discuss the outbreak – what's happening, why it seems so severe, and if it can be treated at home.
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