How do you get it?
Influenza is a highly contagious airborne virus spread from person to person by the fine spray expelled when an infected person sneezes or coughs.
The strains of virus that cause influenza are always around us and continually change, therefore even those who have had influenza before are just as likely to catch it again as those who haven’t had it.
When do you get it?
Influenza usually arrives in the autumn to winter months (May to September) and is characterised by community outbreaks which can last for six to eight weeks.
