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More than 66,000 passengers have been spoken to in the past five months,but just 58 people have been fined for not complying with mask rules.
NSW is paying for people ages five to 64 to be vaccinated but only 29 per cent of those have taken up the offer,and even less in Sydney’s west and south-west.
The deputy director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza says 2022 is likely to stand out as one of the most severe flu years in Australia.
Professor Ian Barr is the deputy director the WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research.
Flu hospitalisations are also concerning health authorities,with figures showing most have not taken up the government’s offer of a free flu shot.
Rapid at-home influenza tests won’t be widely available until next year at the earliest.
Immunisation levels have jumped in just a few weeks,but experts say they need to increase before the free vaccination program ends in two weeks.