Guelph health authority preparing for potentially bad flu season

In Canada, the health authority that oversees Guelph and Wellington County says it is already preparing for what could be a nasty flu season this year. Officials have been looking at cases in Australia, where health authorities are reporting unusually high flu activity and more than 200 reported deaths so far in the country’s flu season. The public health authority expects to start providing flu shots by mid-October. The Ministry of Health said it has ordered 300,000 more high-dose flu vaccines this year than it did last year, with a total order of 1.2 million. The high-dose vaccine has four times the amount of antigens than the regular flu shot and is given to more vulnerable people, such as seniors.