'Mask up': COVID, flu rising again in Hunter and 'worst yet to come', warns Hunter New England Health physician David Durrheim

Anita Beaumont
Updated June 24 2022 - 2:16pm, first published 10:00am

"SENSIBLE" measures like wearing masks in high-risk places should not have been terminated ahead of winter, as the region's health services brace for the impact of a tsunami of viruses and public health officials warn the worst is yet to come.

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Anita Beaumont

Anita Beaumont

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Anita Beaumont is a health and general news reporter at the Newcastle Herald.

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