Deadly flu outbreak hits aged care home

Influenza experts are warning those who haven’t had the flu shot risk passing on a deadly strain of the virus, putting at risk elderly people and those with compromised immune systems. Three residents of a nursing home on the New South Wales south coast has died in a prolonged outbreak at the facility, prompting a warning from health authorities.

An empty bed seen in a recovery room at the Sydney Children's Hospital in Randwick, Sydney, Thursday, July 23, 2015. Source: AAP