Here's why you have to wait for a flu shot: vaccines hit 'true shortage' levels

Updated May 15 2020 - 7:53am, first published May 14 2020 - 5:00pm
SHORTAGE: COVID-19 coupled with last year's terrible flu season has led to shortages of influenza vaccines in the public and private sectors.
SHORTAGE: COVID-19 coupled with last year's terrible flu season has led to shortages of influenza vaccines in the public and private sectors.

Australian pharmacies are reporting an "exponential increase in demand" for flu vaccines, according to the Pharmacy Guild of Australia, forcing many Australians to go without.

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