CDC says seasonal flu cases hit record lows around the world - NBC News

Data from Australia, Chile and South Africa shows a tiny fraction of influenza cases from April to July, the months that constitute the typical flu season in the Southern Hemisphere.

In those three regions, there were just 51 influenza positive specimens among 83,307 tests for a positivity rate of 0.06 percent.

In contrast, the positive rate in those regions during the same time period in years prior was close to 14 percent.

From a flu test positivity rate of 19 percent during September 2019 to February, the rate declined to just 0.3 percent from March 1 to May 16.

has ordered close to 200 million doses of the flu vaccine.

“Last season, we distributed about 170 million doses of the flu vaccine.

This season, we're probably going to get up to about 200 million doses,” said L.J.