インフルエンザの早期流行に注意。　インフルエンザとコロナが同時に流行する可能性。

Beware of an early influenza epidemic. Possible simultaneous influenza and COVID-19 pandemic.

多読で英語力アップ！

 Influenza vaccinations begin in Japan every year in October. In the past two years, there had been few cases of influenza. However, resistance to influenza is declining in Japan this season, and physicians are wary of an influenza epidemic in the fall and winter of 2022. South Korea has seen the highest number of suspected influenza cases in the same period over the past five years. An influenza has also been confirmed in Australia, and there are concerns about an early pandemic in Japan as well, given the earlier-than-usual timing of the pandemic in the southern hemisphere, where the seasons are reversed. It takes about two weeks to become immune after getting vaccinated. In light of these current conditions, it is important to vaccinate people early in the season when influenza has not yet become a pandemic.

 In addition to vaccination, it is also important to deal with a simultaneous influenza and COVID-19 pandemic. Test kits for COVID-19 are available online, but influenza can only be tested at medical institutions. Atsuro Hamada, a specially-appointed professor at Tokyo Medical University, said that It is necessary to organize a flow of testing for COVID-19 at home, and if the test is negative, the patient should suspect influenza and visit a medical institution.

文章ごとに英語を理解しよう！

Influenza vaccinations begin in Japan every year in October. In the past two years, there had been few cases of influenza.   

However, resistance to influenza is declining in Japan this season, and physicians are wary of an influenza epidemic in the fall and winter of 2022.

South Korea has seen the highest number of suspected influenza cases in the same period over the past five years.

An influenza has also been confirmed in Australia, and there are concerns about an early pandemic in Japan as well, given the earlier-than-usual timing of the pandemic in the southern hemisphere, where the seasons are reversed.

It takes about two weeks to become immune after getting vaccinated.

In light of these current conditions, it is important to vaccinate people early in the season when influenza has not yet become a pandemic.

 In addition to vaccination, it is also important to deal with a simultaneous influenza and COVID-19 pandemic.

Test kits for COVID-19 are available online, but influenza can only be tested at medical institutions.

Atsuro Hamada, a specially-appointed professor at Tokyo Medical University, said that It is necessary to organize a flow of testing for COVID-19 at home, and if the test is negative, the patient should suspect influenza and visit a medical institution.

瞬間英作文に挑戦！

日本では毎年10月からインフルエンザの予防接種が始まる。過去2年間は、インフルエンザの発症はほとんどなかった。

しかし、今シーズンの日本ではインフルエンザに対する抵抗力が低下しており、医師は2022年の秋から冬にかけてのインフルエンザの流行を警戒している。

韓国では、過去5年間の同時期のインフルエンザの疑い患者数が最も多くなっている。

オーストラリアでもインフルエンザが確認されており、季節が逆転する南半球では例年より早い時期に流行することから、日本でも早期の流行が懸念されている。

予防接種を受けてから免疫ができるまでには約2週間かかる。

こうした現状を踏まえると、インフルエンザがまだ大流行していない早い時期にワクチン接種を行うことが重要である。

また、ワクチン接種だけでなく、インフルエンザとコロナが同時に大流行した場合の対処も重要である。

コロナはネットで検査キットが入手できるが、インフルエンザは医療機関でないと検査できない。

東京医科大学特任教授の濱田篤郎氏は、「自宅でコロナの検査を行い、陰性であればインフルエンザを疑って医療機関を受診するという流れを作ることが必要」と話す。

参考：インフル早期流行に警戒　コロナ同時流行も　鍵はワクチン / 産経新聞（https://www.iza.ne.jp/）