With the changing weather and declining immunity, flu season was expected to arrive in the coming months across the world. However, Japan has declared a nationwide flu outbreak, following a high rise in hospitalisations and school closures, leaving the public health system under pressure.

According to Japanese media reports, the Health Ministry has confirmed that the national average has surpassed the epidemic threshold, reaching 1.04 patients per medical institution. What's surprising is that typically Japan sees a flu season from late November or December, but this year, the outbreak has arrived nearly five weeks earlier, alarming the citizens and officials. The Health Ministry reported that by October 3, more than 4,000 people had been hospitalised with influenza, a fourfold increa

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