Seasonal influenza reports

Key messages

During Victoria's annual influenza season (typically April to October), the department issues weekly reports on influenza activity across the state. The reports make use of a range of indicators and surveillance systems to monitor the magnitude (size), severity and spread of the influenza season.
Reports will be issued on Fridays.

Weekly reports

Access the influenza reports in our publications library.

Other influenza reporting resources

The department collaborates with a number of external agencies and organisations to conduct surveillance during Victoria's influenza season. Some of these groups also provide influenza reports on their websites:

The Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory (VIDRL) at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (The Doherty Institute) is not only Victoria's public health reference laboratory for influenza, but also coordinates the Victorian Sentinel (GP) Practice Influenza Network (VicSPIN).
The Influenza Complications Alert Network (FluCAN) conducts sentinel surveillance for hospitalised cases of influenza.
The World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Influenza at VIDRL provides strain typing data for influenza isolates.
The Australian Government Department of Health produces a fortnightly Australian Influenza Report on various national surveillance systems.
The Australian Sentinel Practice Research Network is a national sentinel surveillance network of general practitioners reporting weekly on influenza-like illness presentations to General Practice Clinics.
FluTracking is an online national health surveillance system which collects self-reported health data on influenza-like illness on a weekly basis from participating members of the general community from across Australia and New Zealand.
The Australian Government Department of Health provides daily updates of state and territory notifiable influenza datasets through the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System.

Other useful information on influenza for providers

Reviewed 03 May 2019

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Contact details

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Communicable Disease Section Department of Health GPO Box 4057, Melbourne, VIC 3000

50 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000

Phone 1300 651 160

Fax 1300 651 170

infectious.diseases@dhhs.vic.gov.au

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