Australia’s winter illness season is back – what viruses are prevalent this year and when should you get vaccinated?

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Comparatively low numbers of respiratory viruses so far this year follows the worst influenza season in Australia on record in 2025, which saw more than 500,000 confirmed infections Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia began the year grappling with an unseasonably high rate of influenza infections, driven by a mutation of the H3N2 strain of the Influenza A virus that emerged in 2025. Newsiline summarises this report from The Guardian Australia and links readers to the original publisher for the full story.

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