A spike in flu cases is fueling a shortage of antivirals at Chinese pharmacies, with empty shelves reminiscent of the drug frenzy triggered by the explosive Covid outbreak that accompanied the country’s reopening.
Flu appears to have crept back into the more than 1.4 billion population even as China’s latest, biggest Covid outbreak waned. The rate of positive flu cases jumped by more than 10 percentage points—to 14.3 percent—in the week ending February 19. The rate overtook Covid for the first time since early December, according to data released by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, when China’s pivot from Covid Zero restrictions caused infections to proliferate.
The flu surge has since last week also triggered class suspension at schools across a number of cities. China’s health and educational authorities have allowed schools to put in-class teaching on hold for a few days following the detection of clusters of infections ranging from flu and Covid to norovirus and the chickenpox.
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