INTERVIEW: Professor Paul Griffin tells SBS 'more important than ever' to get flu vaccine this year

'Get vaccinated now' was an instruction we heard repeatedly during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and since then Australia's vaccination rates have been declining. So much so that last year Australia recorded its worst flu season on record with 1,738 deaths. Director of Infectious Diseases at the Mater, Professor Paul Griffin, says everyone should get a flu vaccination. He's been telling SBS that this year's flu vaccine includes protection against a highly contagious mutation of influenza A which is known as subclade K or Super-K.

Director of Infectious Diseases at the Mater, Professor Paul Griffin, says everyone should get a flu vaccination. Credit: Supplied

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