The health authorities in South Korea are asking people to get influenza vaccinations immediately as the country is continuing to experience flu activity. The KCDC said the number of flu patients has been on the rise since last November. In this year's influenza virus monitoring, the KCDC said 596 cases were detected from September 1 in 2019 to January 4 this year. Among them, 430 cases were Influenza A virus subtype H1N1 (H1N1) and 147 were subtype H3N2 (H3N2), while only 19 or 3.2 percent were influenza B/Victoria virus. There is a common misconception that a person who has caught flu before doesn't have to get vaccinated as they have immunity from the flu virus.

Source: The Standard January 20, 2020 06:33 UTC