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Posted: Feb 01, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: February 1
A child maintains distancing measures while washing hands ahead of a lesson last June in London, England. Public health measures taken to slow COVID-19 are credited with helping to prevent the spread of influenza.(Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)
Flu season has been stopped in its tracks this winter
The Public Health Agency of Canada s latest flu report says the flu numbers up to early January fall below the threshold to declare the start of the 2020-2021 flu season.
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Measures meant to minimize the spread of COVID-19 appear to have had a similar effect on influenza
Posted: Jan 20, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: January 20
There have been no cases of the flu reported in Nova Scotia so far this year, compared to 442 cases of the flu last season.(Getty Images)
This time of year would normally be the height of flu season in Nova Scotia, but so far there have been no reported cases in the province.