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EXPERTS predict a second wave of swine flu will hit Australia as early as the end of this month.
Figures obtained by The Sun-Herald show that just one-fifth of NSW adults have been immunised against H1N1.
Robert Booy, an infectious disease expert at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, said there was evidence a second wave was coming and it was possible that it could be worse than the first round last year.
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Epidemiologists are warning Australians that a second wave of swine flu is likely to sweep through workplaces, homes and classrooms.
They say it is only avoidable if people vaccinate themselves against the virus.
Across the Northern Hemisphere the swine flu returned with the winter cold, and according to the World Health Organisation, it claimed thousands of lives.
But Professor Robert Booy, from the Westmead Children's Hospital, says this can be prevented from happening in Australia.
"Never before have we been in this position where we had a highly effective and safe vaccine so that we could intervene and stop that second wave," he said.