Victoria's deadly flu season has claimed the life of an eight-year-old girl and people have been warned not to dismiss symptoms as "simply a cold".
Health Minister Jill Hennessy on Monday said the Melbourne girl died on Friday, following the flu death of young dad Ben Ihlow on Father's Day.
"We are having a horrific flu season," Ms Hennessey told 3AW radio.
"This is an influenza strain that is able to impact the young, the elderly, the well and the unwell."
The Victorian Health Department confirmed the girl died at the Angliss Hospital in Upper Ferntree Gully on Friday.
