Health Topics — Flu RSS

It feels as though we’ve been talking about infection prevention for 2-years now, but as Winter approaches and New Zealand opens up, we can expect to see more cases of influenza (flu) in our community. Staying healthy is about lots of choices we make about our diet and lifestyle, as well as vaccination and keeping up good hygiene.

With the seasons changing, we are seeing more colds and flu, but becoming infected has nothing to do with being outside in the cold weather. Both colds and flu are very infectious and spread by close contact with a cold sufferer or inhaling cold virus spray in the air.