An 11-year-old Queensland woman has died after catching influenza B.
The woman, from Noosa, died on Thursday in Sunshine Coast University Hospital.
It’s understood she had sought non-public therapy for the sickness earlier than presenting to hospital.
A spokesperson for Sunshine Coast University Hospital prolonged condolences to the woman’s household in an announcement on Wednesday.
“Their experience is heartbreaking for everyone involved,” the spokesperson stated.
“Our clinicians are providing support to the family.”
However, the hospital declined to touch upon the person circumstances of the matter.
The news comes only a day after it was reported a Year 9 pupil on the New South Wales Central Coast additionally died from the influenza B pressure.
Her college, St Joseph’s Catholic College in East Gosford, remembered the woman as a “a well-loved student, thoughtful to the needs of others, a true friend and a valued member of our college community,” in a letter to oldsters.
Both deaths come simply days after a reported 37 per cent improve in NSW emergency division displays with influenza-like sickness, and a 30 per cent improve in admissions to hospital within the week to July 2, in comparison with the earlier week.
Children underneath 16 represented about half (54 per cent) of all ED displays for influenza-like sickness, and greater than a 3rd (round 40 per cent) of all influenza-like sickness hospital admissions up to now week.
The newest fortnightly Australian Influenza Surveillance Report (AISR), protecting June 12-25 and revealed on June 30, confirmed within the yr to June 25 there have been 116,473 notifications reported to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS) in Australia.
Of these, 29,315 notifications had been identified in that reporting fortnight alone.
The report additionally covers vaccination charges, nevertheless, it’s too early within the flu season to have the ability to chart their effectiveness.
A Queensland Health truth sheet on influenza says whereas there are 4 strains of the virus (A-D), A and B strains are the more than likely to trigger flu outbreaks, with C in just some uncommon instances, whereas D solely impacts animals.
“Greater protection against influenza infection is observed in people who receive yearly influenza vaccination compared to those who did not receive any influenza vaccination,” it reads.
In May, three-year-old Muhammed Saadiq died in Perth’s Fiona Stanley Hospital after struggling cardiac arrest attributable to an influenza A an infection.
Originally revealed as Girl, 11, dies from influenza B on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
