For my birthday this year, I got the flu. I barely made it through the workday yesterday. And after a night of fitful sleep, I’m still lying in bed with aches, pains and chills racking my body. Needless to say, I’m not having a happy day.
Flu seasons hits Japan with surge in outbreaks
TOKYO (AP) – Flu season has hit Japan hard this year, with seven times more people coming down with the sickness than last year, an official said Tuesday.
According to the National Institute for Infectious Diseases, 514,801 people contracted influenza between Nov. 1 and Jan. 26.
That compares with 68,641 cases for the same period the year before.
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