Health authorities are concerned back-to-school season, paired with relaxed public health restrictions, could spell the same fate for B.C.
“We haven’t seen influenza in the last couple of years. But people are traveling more. We’re doing more together,” Henry said during Tuesday’s COVID-19 fall vaccine booster announcement. “We look at what happened in Australia, New Zealand, we see that influenza was a fairly bad season this past year for them and it came early.”
Flu season typically starts in late October to early November but could come even sooner this year.
Dr. Henry says the flu vaccine rollout is just weeks away and she is encouraging everyone to get the shot.
