With influenza surveillance around the world affected in varying degrees by the pandemic (changes in health seeking behaviours, staffing/routines in sentinel sites and testing capacities), physical distancing appears to have had a dampening effect on early flu activity at a national level. FluTracking reports an 83 percent drop in flu-like symptoms when compared with the same period last year, but it remains to be seen if this decline will persist into the upcoming season. Read more
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