The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has announced that the influenza, which is feared to be a simultaneous epidemic with the new coronavirus, has entered a nationwide epidemic.
It is the first time since the spread of the new corona infection that it will enter a nationwide epidemic.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the number of influenza patients reported from about 5,000 medical institutions nationwide in the week until the 25th of this month was 6,103, an increase of 3,511 from the previous week.
Influenza is said to enter a "nationwide epidemic season" when the number of patients per week per medical institution exceeds 1 nationwide, but at present it is 1.24, exceeding 1. I think we're in fashion.
Influenza has not become a nationwide epidemic since last year and this year's season, and it will be the first time since the new corona spread.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has called for thorough basic infection control measures such as wearing appropriate masks, disinfection, and ventilation, as well as considering vaccination against influenza, as there is a risk of simultaneous epidemics of the new coronavirus and influenza.