China - Guangdong province reports no seasonal flu deaths so far this season out of a population of 107 million - February 10, 2015

[sharon sanders]

[FONT=&#23435]Ministry of Health and Family Planning Commission issued the seasonal flu warning

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2015-02-10 15:33:02 Ministry of Health and Family Planning |[/FONT]​

[FONT=&#23435]As of February 9, 2015, the province reported 2342 cases of influenza cases reported outbreaks of influenza-like illness clusters of 14, of which, 10 cases of H3N2 influenza virus, two cases of influenza B virus, a play for multiple subtypes of influenza virus, influenza is not a play for genotyping influenza virus.
Experts assessed that the province mostly seasonal flu two high incidence of, respectively, from March to July and September to November. The current seasonal flu province has entered the active phase onset and gradually into the first peak of the Spring Festival holiday crowd with increased mobility, the community will gradually increase the incidence of influenza-like illness treatment index will remain upward.After the end of winter and the Spring Festival holidays, schools and other collective units clusters of disease incidents will increase.
Recently, the Hong Kong flu epidemic has aroused concern. According to the Centre for Health Protection of Hong Kong announced on February 8, this year, Hong Kong will continue to increase due to the number of flu deaths, 142 cases of cumulative deaths. In this regard, the Ministry of Health and Family Planning Commission and the Hong Kong authorities to strengthen the communication links, joint prevention and control, and jointly improve outbreak response. Because the province influenza season virus type characteristics and differences do not constitute a change in Hong Kong so far this year, the province has not yet received reports of death due to influenza, the public need not panic.

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These seasonal flu surveillance stats are questionable based on population size - especially the reported deaths figure of zero.