Bryan Betty: Unpacking the flu outbreak hitting New Zealand

A surge of influenza A is hitting New Zealand.   This year's numbers are the highest in four years, and hospitalisations in Auckland are the highest they've been for a decade.  Covid health measures have been reinstated in GP clinics with phone-first triaging and respiratory patients being separated from normal patients.  Dr Bryan Betty joined Jack Tame to discuss the outbreak – what's happening, why it seems so severe, and if it can be treated at home.  LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.