COVID-19 Tasmania: GPs urge young people to get flu shot early amid twin vaccine rollout

Jessica Willard
Updated April 15 2021 - 9:46am, first published 4:30am
READY: Newstead Medical's Dr Jane Fuller and Dr Danielle Payne, ahead of the car park flu clinic, resuming on Sunday. Picture: Craig George
READY: Newstead Medical's Dr Jane Fuller and Dr Danielle Payne, ahead of the car park flu clinic, resuming on Sunday. Picture: Craig George

Tasmanian doctors are bracing for a more severe flu season, with young people among those encouraged to get a vaccine early as they wait for protection against COVID-19.

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Jessica Willard

Jessica Willard

Senior Journalist and Health Reporter

Being a health reporter to me is about more than just reporting the problems. It's about asking why they are happening in the first place and what needs to change to fix it.

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