Rates of influenza-like illness rise as 2025 begins
Published: 06 Jan. 2025, 19:21
Updated: 07 Jan. 2025, 18:17
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- SEO JI-EUN
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![A pediatric hospital in Seongbuk District, northern Seoul, is packed with young patients and their guardians on Monday afternoon. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2025/01/07/96f68498-c9e4-400f-bd55-3f630c7958b1.jpg)
A pediatric hospital in Seongbuk District, northern Seoul, is packed with young patients and their guardians on Monday afternoon. [YONHAP]
A pediatric hospital in Seongbuk District, northern Seoul, is packed with young patients and their guardians on Monday afternoon. The influenza-like illness (ILI) rate during the final week of 2024 surged to 73.9 per 1,000 outpatents, marking a 136 percent increase from the previous week and the highest level since 2016, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).
BY SEO JI-EUN [[email protected]]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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