A Queensland toddler has died from influenza after being admitted to Gladstone hospital in Central Queensland.
The two-year-old is the first child to pass away from the virus in Queensland this year but the fourth child in Australia.
It is unclear as to whether the child had been vaccinated against the virus.
The child’s death comes as the country battles a massive surge in flue cases as temperatures plummet across the country.
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