Global social distancing rules targeting coronavirus have pushed influenza infection rates to a record low, early figures show, signalling that the measures are having an unprecedented impact on other communicable diseases.
A sign promoting social distancing is hung on a post near the Crown and Anchor pub following a spike in cases of the coronavirus disease to visitors of the pub in Stone, Britain, July 30, 2020. REUTERS/Carl Recine
Canada’s flu surveillance system also reported “exceptionally low levels” of influenza in a recent report, as did other countries that report weekly flu surveillance statistics including the UK and Australia. “We normally have wards full of children with wheezy chests at this time of year, in winter…but this year the wards are essentially empty,” he said.
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