’Flu Epidemic In Australia
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) PERTH, Aug. 8 The wave of influenza that is sweeping Australia has put the West Australian Parliament out of action. So many members of the Legislative Assembly have fallen victim to the epidemic that the Premier (Mr David Brand) has adjourned the House until next Tuesday afternoon. He himself has influenza. Two thousand miles across the continent, in Sydney, thousands of workers and schoolchildren have fallen foul of the virus, and one doctor said last night that general practitioners had been “run off their feet."
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31753, 9 August 1968, Page 11
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90’Flu Epidemic In Australia Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31753, 9 August 1968, Page 11
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