According to the Japanese news website "Nippon" on February 3rd, avian influenza is spreading at an "unprecedented" speed in Japan, with 5.4 million poultry animals, including chickens, being culled in January alone. The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has warned that the current avian influenza epidemic shows no signs of weakening, and the situation may further deteriorate, even breaking previous records.
At the same time as the outbreak of avian influenza in Japan, the country's influenza cases have also reached a historic high. The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare announced in January that the number of flu cases
in the last week of December 2024 in Japan set a historical record.
Japanese hospitals are overwhelmed by the outbreak of influenza
