Health officials say British Columbia is experiencing a late-season surge of flu cases. Centre for Disease Control says there's been an unusual wave of new cases of the influenza A strain since early March, a strain mostly affecting older adults. "What we do know is that there is increased activity, there's an increased number of positive influenza tests that we are getting," said Vancouver Coastal medical health officer Dr. Reka Gustafson. The flu bulletin published March 21 says it's too soon to know whether the second wave has peaked. The Centre for Disease Control says levels of influenza B continue to be unusually low overall.

Source: CBC News March 22, 2019 16:06 UTC