"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 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."
Influenza cases in Ireland are surging, causing many people to feel seriously unwell at home or require hospital care. The country faces one of its worst flu seasons and the peak may not occur until Christmas or the early New Year. More than three-quarters of current hospitalised flu patients have not been vaccinated. The surge threatens to disrupt family Christmas dinner gatherings as illness spreads and health services face rising demand. Low vaccination uptake among those now hospitalised is a major contributor to severe outcomes and increased pressure on hospitals.
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