Flu epidemic again after school starts...Four weeks in a row centered on children and adolescents ↑
Apr 11, 2025
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According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of influenza doctors in clinic-level medical institutions in the 14th week of this year (March 30 to April 5) is 16.9 per 1,000 outpatients.
The number of influenza doctors with coughs and sore throats along with fever above 38 degrees increased from 8.0 at 10 weeks to 10.8 just next week, and has since increased to 13.2 and 16.3 every week. In particular, the prevalence among children and adolescents was evident as it was the most common among 13-18 years old (56.1 people) and 7-12 years old (53.8 people).
According to the monitoring of respiratory viral pathogens, the influenza virus detection rate also increased for four consecutive weeks to 22.5% in the 14th week of this year. Among viruses, type B (21.1%) influenza virus accounted for the largest proportion.
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended vaccination for influenza prevention, saying, "The influenza virus, which has recently been prevalent, has a similar genotype to this seasonal vaccine strain, and can be expected to have a sufficient preventive effect with vaccination, and there are no mutations affecting antiviral resistance."
Ji Young-mi, Director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said "As influenza is a high incidence in school-age children and adolescents, we ask children to educate them on the prevention of respiratory infectious diseases at school or at home."Even if you are diagnosed with type A influenza this season, you may catch type B influenza again, so I recommend that unvaccinated people get vaccinated now."," he said.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
