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Christie urges local residents to get the flu vaccine
Local flu and COVID cases are reportedly on the rise heading into the holiday season, prompting health officials to urge residents to use caution to protect themselves and others.
“I can tell you from Dec. 1 that COVID and flu cases have been rampant,” noted Leeta Christie, Memorial Community Health’s infection control officer. “Nebraska is actually one of the seventh highest states in the nation…