{"id":174107,"date":"2025-11-07T11:32:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T02:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=174107&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-11-07T11:32:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T02:32:18","slug":"influenza-cases-surge-in-fukuoka","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/influenza-cases-surge-in-fukuoka\/","title":{"rendered":"Influenza Cases Surge in Fukuoka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Influenza cases in Fukuoka Prefecture more than doubled last week, prompting Fukuoka City to issue an influenza advisory on November 6\u2014about a month earlier than last year. From October 27 to November 2, the average number of patients per medical institution rose to 8.47, up 2.16 times from the previous week, while Fukuoka City\u2019s rate exceeded the alert threshold at 10.88. Authorities are urging residents to practice handwashing, ventilation, and mask use, and to seek medical care promptly. The prefecture also continues to warn about \u201capple disease,\u201d which has triggered alerts for 25 consecutive weeks. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pref.fukuoka.lg.jp\/contents\/flu-2025-2026.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka Prefecture<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fnn_hakata-winter-jan_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C997&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Influenza Cases Surge in Fukuoka\" width=\"1400\" height=\"997\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-174105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fnn_hakata-winter-jan_2025_WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fnn_hakata-winter-jan_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fnn_hakata-winter-jan_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C729&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/fnn_hakata-winter-jan_2025_WEB.jpg?resize=768%2C547&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Influenza cases in Fukuoka Prefecture more than doubled last week, prompting Fukuoka City to issue an influenza advisory on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":174105,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-174107","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/174107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}