Last year WA experienced one of the worst flu seasons on record, resulting in our hospitals treating thousands of seriously ill patients of all ages.
That’s why ahead of this year’s winter flu season we’re asking more Western Australians to ‘Be Wise, Immunise’.
Getting the flu vaccine is one of the best ways you can protect yourself and your loved ones. It’s safe and it’s free.
To protect our community and each other, we’ve set targets to encourage as many people as possible to get vaccinated.
The targets are:
We are stronger together so be wise and immunise to help Western Australia beat the flu this winter.
To respond to the winter surge we've rolled out our winter health strategy, which includes an increase in the number of beds across the WA health system.
918 respiratory illness presentations in WA Emergency Departments in the last week
Increase from last week: 30,719 vaccinated ⬆ 1.00%
Every day hundreds of people remain in hospital awaiting residential aged care places due to delays in Commonwealth managed system. The State Government is working with aged care providers to ease these pressures where we can with our Time to Think beds.
361 daily average for May
Not sure where you need to go?
Use the online symptom checker to get the recommended care options for your symptoms and help you decide on what to do next.
This takes an average of 6 minutes to complete.
