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The single-week flu hospitalization rate in the United States hits a new high in the same period in more than ten years
Xinhua News Agency, Los Angeles, November 28 (Reporter Tan Jingjing) The latest data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the 28th showed that the single-week flu hospitalization rate in the U.S. hit the highest record since the 2010-2011 flu season. Experts said that this autumn and winter, the United States will face multiple threats from the epidemic of the new crown, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released data showing that the spread of the flu virus has intensified across the United States. As of the week of November 19, 11,269 hospitalized cases of influenza were reported across the United States, and the hospitalization rate was the highest since the 2010-2011 flu season. There were 5 flu deaths in children across the U.S. that week, and there have been 12 flu deaths in children this flu season.
The U.S. flu season typically peaks in the fall and winter, generally from December to February. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that annual flu vaccination is the best way to prevent flu, which not only helps prevent viral infection, but also prevents severe illness after infection. An annual flu vaccine is recommended for everyone aged 6 months and older.
The data also shows that in the week ending November 19, the proportion of patients who visited the doctor due to respiratory diseases in the total number of outpatient clinics in the United States was significantly higher than the baseline level. Experts said that after the Thanksgiving holiday, the number of cases of respiratory infections in the United States may continue to increase. This autumn and winter, the United States faces multiple threats from the epidemic of the new crown, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus.
(Editors in charge: Ai Wen, Liu Yeting)
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