Today: Allison Langdon reveals her family has been ‘hit really hard’ with the flu

The flu season has struck Allison Langdon‘s family hard.

Her husband, Michael Willesee Jr, and their children, son Mack, five, and daughter, Scout, three, have been sick for days.

‘It’s been horrible,’ she wrote in Wednesday’s Today show newsletter.

Sick: The flu season has struck Allison Langdon ‘s family hard. Her husband, Michael Willesee Jr, and their children, son Mack, five, and daughter, Scout, three, have been sick for days 

‘After a busy morning in the studio, I’m at home with my hubby and five-year-old,’ the Channel Nine anchor began. 

Langdon, 43, explained that Michael and Mack were both down with the flu, having suffered from a high temperatures for several days.

Meanwhile, her youngest child, Scout, has a cold.

Hit hard: Langdon, 43, explained that Michael and Mack were both down with the flu, having suffered from a high temperatures for several days. Her youngest child, Scout, has a cold

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‘It’s hit them really hard,’ she added.

Langdon has so far managed to avoid the virus, probably because she received her flu vaccine last month.

‘I got the flu jab live on air when Dr Nick Coatsworth came into the studio,’ she said, adding: ‘It’s certainly paying off so far.’

Flu-free: Langdon (pictured with her children) has so far managed to avoid the virus, probably because she received her flu vaccine last month

Langdon noted how experts have said flu cases are running rampant after the virus was forced ‘underground’ for two years during Covid-19 restrictions.

‘Queensland is now offering the flu vaccine for free, which has left GP’s scrambling,’ she wrote.

‘Hopefully, they can get the supply issue sorted quickly.’

Flu crisis: Allison reported that experts are finding that flu cases are on the rise around the country after being forced ‘underground’ for two years, due to COVID-19 restrictions      Picture: Today hosts Karl Stefanovic and Allison Langdon 

Langdon and her Today co-host Karl Stefanovic are now both locked into long-term contracts with the Nine Network.

A senior Nine source said on Friday the pair would remain hosts of Today, which was beaten in the ratings by ABC News Breakfast for a whole week earlier this month. 

Stefanovic and Langdon are each understood to now earn about $1.5million a year. 

New deals: Langdon and her Today co-host Karl Stefanovic (pictured at the Australian Open in Melbourne in January 2020) are now both locked into long-term contracts with Channel Nine

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