BACKGROUND BRIEFING: Influenza in times of COVID-19

Embargoed until: Publicly released: 2022-04-05 10:00

Australia; NSW; VIC; QLD

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As our healthcare system is under pressure from each new wave of COVID-19 infections, how will it fare with the pandemic and our upcoming flu season? The briefing recording is available via a link at the bottom of the page.

News release

From: Australian Science Media Centre

The briefing will discuss the following issues:

Impacts on the healthcare system of dealing with both viruses
Impacts on our health if infected with both viruses
How effective will the vaccines be for both diseases/ do they affect one another?
Will we be able to give the two vaccines together?
Could we potentially give one vaccine for both?
Will we be looking at having vaccines for specific SARS-CoV-2 strains, similar to what we do for influenza?
Can we bundle in the flu vaccine with everyone’s booster so there is a higher vaccine coverage than other years?

Speakers:

Professor Ian Barr - Deputy Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza, Doherty Institute
Dr Kirsty Short - NHMRC Principal Research Fellow, University of Queensland
Professor Catherine Bennett - Chair in Epidemiology, Deakin University

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Briefing recording Australian Science Media Centre, Web page Full recording of the briefing

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Organisation/s: Australian Science Media Centre, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, The University of Queensland, Deakin University

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