MIAMI, Florida — Flu is sweeping the United States, killing at least 37 children and sending the most people nationwide in search of medical care since the 2009 “swine flu” pandemic, US officials said Friday. ADVERTISEMENTThis marks the “most flu activity since 2009,” he told reporters on a conference call. A total of 6.6 percent of all people going to clinics and emergency departments so far this season did so because of the flu, he said. “This is the highest level of activity recorded since the 2009 pandemic, which peaked at 7.7 percent.”The 2009 H1N1 pandemic, then known widely as “swine flu,” swept 206 countries and overseas territories and killed more than 6,770 people, according to the World Health Organization. “In past seasons that are like this one, we have estimated that by the end of the season, 34 million Americans had gotten the flu,” Jernigan said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer January 26, 2018 23:37 UTC