Health officials sound flu alrm in N China

Flu patients get intravenous drip at the China-Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing, Jan 10, 2013. Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention said the flu outbreak rate is at its highest level in five years. The flu season that started in China's northern provinces in December is expected to peak with infections in the next few weeks, a spokesman also said Thursday. A total of 360 cases of A/H1N1 flu were reported across China between Dec 1 and Jan 6. They included two deaths in Beijing. [Photo by Wang Jing/Asianewsphoto] 

Flu patients get intravenous drip at the China-Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing, Jan 10, 2013.[Photo by Wang Jing/Asianewsphoto]