Flu season has started early in the UK – here’s what might be going on

By Conor Meehan, Associate Professor of Microbial Bioinformatics, Nottingham Trent University

Flu season has got off to an early start this year in the UK – with cases spiking weeks earlier than in previous years. This has led to concerns that the UK may be on track for one of its worst flu seasons ever.

In the UK and other northern hemisphere countries, flu season tends to run from mid-November to mid-February. In the southern hemisphere, it runs from May to July.

It’s hard to know the exact number of flu cases the UK is currently seeing as most people don’t report when they have…

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