Health Protection Surveillance Centre

From all the staff in Health Protection Surveillance Centre, we wish you all a very happy and healthy Christmas and New Year! 🎄

Our Voices for Health choir was in Connolly Station on Friday spreading Christmas cheer and fundraising for

Huge thanks to our choirmaster Pauline Dalton who specialises in bringing group singing to workplaces. In nine short weeks, she took a nervous bunch of “I can’t singers” to performing for an hour in front of commuters in Connolly Station. Thank you to for the warm welcome and support.

Flu is circulating in the community and will continue to increase over the coming weeks.

Flu activity update: influenza activity continued to increase across all surveillance indicators in week 48 2025 and was at moderate levels. The highest incidence was in those aged under 15 and aged over 80 years.

Influenza cases increased by 118%, from 907 cases in week 47 to 1977 cases in week 48.

For more detail, read the full report – go to respiratory virus bulletins in link in bio.

Getting vaccinated remains the best protection against serious illness and hospitalisation.