The flu season is here

Friday, April 30, 2010

To ward off the highly infectious flu viruses, Dr Alfred Madigela and other authoritative sources prescribe several measures, among them seasonal vaccines made up of the dead viruses themselves, a nasal spray and lots of citrus fruit, writes Staff Writer Baboki Kayawe

As winter slowly makes its way into the Botswana weather chart; not only will furred coats and knee-length boots become the order of the day; so will sickly faces, feverish, endless coughs, sneezes and dripping noses. Flu. It pronounces winter - at once the season's best and worst companion.

Appearing most frequently in winter and early spring, the flu virus attacks the body by spreading through the upper and or lower respiratory tract.

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The flu season is here

To ward off the highly infectious flu viruses, Dr Alfred Madigela and other authoritative sources prescribe several measures, among them seasonal vaccines made up of the dead viruses themselves, a nasal spray and lots of citrus fruit, writes Staff Writer Baboki Kayawe

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