Influenza has overtaken the novel coronavirus and become the most prevalent virus in Beijing as the positive rate of influenza across the country continued to rise in recent week, data released by the disease prevention and control authorities showed.
It sparked discussions on whether Chinese cities will have an influenza outbreak surpassing that of previous years and whether there will be a duplex of COVID-19 and influenza.
Influenza has overtaken the novel coronavirus to become the most prevalent virus in Beijing between February 13 and 19, data released by Beijing Center for Disease Prevention and Control showed. Meanwhile, occasional suspension of classes in schools of multiple cities including Tianjin and Hangzhou were reported due to the prevalence of influenza.
China CDC Weekly report on influenza on February 23 showed the positive rate of influenza in the country continued to rise compared to that of last week. The influenza A (H1N1) type takes up 71 percent of the total samples of the influenza, ranking the highest percentage, data showed.
