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Flu infection rates surge to record-high in Japan
Feb. 1 04:03 pm JST
Japan is facing another winter flu crisis with a record high average of 57.09 patients diagnosed last week with the ailment per medical institution conducting flu tests, the health ministry said Friday.
The figure for the seven days through Sunday compares with last winter's weekly peak of 54.33 and was the highest since comparable data became available in 1999, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said.
Around 2.23 million people are estimated to have been diagnosed with influenza during the reporting period, up about 100,000 from the previous week, it said...
Flu infection rates surge to record-high in Japan
Feb. 1 04:03 pm JST
Japan is facing another winter flu crisis with a record high average of 57.09 patients diagnosed last week with the ailment per medical institution conducting flu tests, the health ministry said Friday.
The figure for the seven days through Sunday compares with last winter's weekly peak of 54.33 and was the highest since comparable data became available in 1999, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said.
Around 2.23 million people are estimated to have been diagnosed with influenza during the reporting period, up about 100,000 from the previous week, it said...