"Ireland is on course for many family Christmas dinner gatherings to be ruined as flu surges leaving people feeling seriously unwell in bed or needing hospital care. The country is braced for one of its worst flu seasons and it may not peak until Christmas or the early New Year, as the Dáil heard warnings yesterday that more than three-quarters of people in hospital with the virus at the moment had not been vaccinated."
"About three-quarters of people hospitalised with flu have not got the jab"
Ireland is experiencing a sharp surge in influenza cases that is expected to worsen through December and possibly into the early New Year. Many families face the prospect of Christmas gatherings being affected as people become seriously unwell at home or require hospital care. The healthcare system is preparing for what could be one of the country’s worst flu seasons. Officials reported that more than three-quarters of current hospitalised flu patients had not received the influenza vaccine, highlighting low uptake among those now needing inpatient treatment.
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