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Specimen numbers continue to decline. Respiratory virus activity is now at summer levels. Rhinoviruses and a few Coronaviruses are still circulating. Waikato Respiratory Virus Report - Week 42
Read MoreInfluenza A is having a prolonged season and specimen numbers are still high. Waikato Respiratory Virus Report - Week 35
Read MoreInfluenza A and RSV numbers are steady, at winter levels.
Read MoreInfluenza numbers remain high. However, only 29% of samples are positive for Influenza A so most patients would not benefit from Oseltamivir because there a variety of other viruses circulating too.
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