Health experts in Cork have warned there could be “another surge of influenza activity”, with the flu season likely to continue well into next month.
Dr John Sheehan, a GP in Blackpool and Fianna Fáil city councillor, said levels of the infection in the community have been “significant” and that a further spike in cases might occur.
“We are unfortunately still seeing a lot of respiratory illness, though it seems to have gone down a little over the last week,” he said.
“A number of those have had to be admitted to hospital and have been quite unwell, particularly older patients, and the majority of them have tested positive for influenza, so there’s still a significant amount of flu floating around, and the vaccine is the best way to protect yourself from it.”
He added that considering the bad weather…