It’s festival season across Australia, but along with the big gatherings comes a less welcome guest: the flu.

Queensland has already seen almost 44 thousand cases this year, 20 per cent more than last year. According to Queensland Health, 86 per cent of hospitalised patients with flu were unvaccinated.

Image: Photo by CDC

Produced By: Azucena Carrasco

Featured In Story: Chris Owen – President of the Pharmacy Guild of Queensland

First aired on The Wire, Tuesday 12 August 2025