Australia on track for worst year of whooping cough since 2016 as cases surge across the country
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Australia on track for worst year of whooping cough since 2016 as cases surge across the country

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In short: Australia is heading towards a whooping cough epidemic with cases spiking across the country. Australia is heading towards a whooping cough epidemic, with cases surging past 11,000 over the past six months, compared to 2,447 in all of last year. "The immune system is so busy attacking whooping cough that it also makes you more vulnerable to other secondary respiratory infections," Dr Luu said. "It's pretty much on track to be the worst year for whooping cough since 2015–2016," Dr Luu said. According to the health department's National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System, Australia has already recorded about 11,473 whooping cough cases this year.

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