Optimising influenza vaccination during a SARS-CoV-2 epidemic in South Africa could help maintain the integrity of our healthcare system

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To the Editor: The novel infectious disease coronavirus disease2019 (COVID-19), first reported in late December 2019 in Wuhan,China, seems increasingly unlikely to be contained, resulting in thefirst pandemic of this decade. Approximately 81% of those infecteddevelop a relatively mild respiratory illness only. While this is goodnews, the risk of severe disease is higher for the elderly and personswith chronic illness.