South Korea's health department said on the 6th that the influenza epidemic in South Korea has recently rebounded. The number of cases has increased for two consecutive weeks, and the number of related hospitalized patients has risen significantly compared to the same period last year. After South Korea entered the influenza season in early September this year, the number of cases dropped somewhat in October. Data released by the Korea Disease Management Agency on the 6th of this month shows that in the last week of October, 22.8 out of every 1,000 patients in the monitored medical institutions showed influenza-like symptoms, up from 19.2 the previous week, and showed an upward trend for two consecutive weeks. This influenza season, the South Korean health department has set an epidemic “threshold” of 12.9 per 1,000 patients.

South Korea's health department said on the 6th that the influenza epidemic in South Korea has recently rebounded. The number of cases has increased for two consecutive weeks, and the number of related hospitalized patients has risen significantly compared to the same period last year. After South Korea entered the influenza season in early September this year, the number of cases dropped somewhat in October. Data released by the Korea Disease Management Agency on the 6th of this month shows that in the last week of October, 22.8 out of every 1,000 patients in the monitored medical institutions showed influenza-like symptoms, up from 19.2 the previous week, and showed an upward trend for two consecutive weeks. This influenza season, the South Korean health department has set the epidemic “threshold” of 12.9 per 1,000 patients.