Flu outbreak kills 17 in SA, nursing homes go into lockdown

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The death toll from influenza outbreaks in South Australia this year has risen to 17, as an unprecedented flu season continues to wreak havoc across the state.

"When he was first diagnosed I had to take the precautions of wearing a mask when I was in his room and using the hand gel," Joylene said.

"I was told they would be getting it in two weeks, but about three weeks passed and they still hadn't had it and that was when we were notified Dad had the flu."Professor Phillips said there was no legal requirement for residential care facilities to notify of influenza outbreaks. Opposition health spokesman Chris Picton said that under the SA Public Health Act, the Government had to be notified of all influenza diagnoses."The responsibility is on the doctors or the laboratories to notify and there's a form that SA Health has they need to fill out.

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