Current Flu Season More Severe Than COVID: Australian State Premier

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet addresses media at Smalls Road Public School in Sydney, Australia, on June 22, 2022. AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts

New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet has called for a reduction in the seven-day isolation period adding that the winter influenza virus currently posed a bigger issue than COVID-19.

“In many cases at the moment, the current strand of influenza is more severe than the current strands of COVID,” the premier told 2GB radio.