[South Korean influenza epidemic has rebounded, and the number of cases has increased for two consecutive weeks] November 6th, South Korea's health department said on the 6th that the Korean influenza epidemic has rebounded recently, with the number of cases increasing for two consecutive weeks, and the number of related hospitalized patients has increased significantly compared with the same period last year. After South Korea entered the flu season in early September this year, the number of cases fell for a time in October. Data released by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency on the 6th of this month showed that in the last week of October, 22.8 out of every 1,000 patients in monitored medical institutions developed influenza-like symptoms, which was higher than the 19.2 in the previous week, showing an increasing trend for two consecutive weeks. This flu season, South Korea’s health department has set the epidemic “threshold” at 12.9 per 1,000 patients. (Xinhua News Agency)