According to data for the southern region of the nation, flu-like sickness accounted for 5.7% of outpatient visits.
In addition to being higher than the figure for the same week in 2021, when 4.1% of visits were attributed to flu-like sickness, this was up 21% over the week before.
However, it fell short of 2022 and 2023 levels. The UK is presently dealing with a massive flu outbreak of its own. Hospitalisations for flu are quadrupling compared to a month ago,
According to surveillance programs tracking the epidemic in England. According to data, flu patients occupied almost 4,500 beds daily last week alone,
Which is 3.5 times higher than the same period the previous year. 211 of them were in critical care, which is a 69% increase from the week before.
Additionally, experts said that because more people have been interacting inside throughout the Christmas and New Year season, they anticipate “things to get worse before they get better.”
