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the us is experiencing a flu season that experts say is unusual, with hospitalization rates exceeding those of covid-19 during the pandemic, with many medical facilities overloaded

vietnam recorded eight deaths from seasonal flu in 2024 and hundreds of thousands of cases. the ministry of health advised patients not to self-medicate.

many east asian countries and territories are recording the most severe seasonal flu outbreak in years, causing hospitals to be overwhelmed and medicine to be scarce.

over the past week, many schools and school districts in the us have announced closures due to the increasingly serious spread of flu and other respiratory diseases.

pathologists estimate that each person with covid-19 will infect 2-3 others on average. this number is called r0, or basic reproduction number. in comparison with seasonal flu,