Seasonal influenza has started off at a markedly higher level than in recent years.
"The current rate of influenza is higher than at the same time last year," the National Influenza Centre said yesterday in its first weekly surveillance report.
This monitoring is separate from the surveillance of H1N1 swine flu.
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