Flu epidemic season starts early with cases across Japan

By KEITARO FUKUCHI/ Staff Writer
December 1, 2017 at 16:05 JST




Flu season is officially here, with the epidemic period across Japan starting earlier than usual, the health ministry announced Dec. 1.

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highest in Okinawa Prefecture, at 4.88, followed by Nagasaki at 4.47, Ehime at 3.39, Miyazaki at 3.20, and Ishikawa at 3.08.


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