First of all, this is about the general flu epidemic which occurs every year. It's nothing H1N1 specific, which has been overhyped. Act normal and use common sense. But this is relevant information. Apply good hand hygiene, eat healthy and get enough sleep. Enough said.
The Belgian center for Flu Control announced a flu epidemic in their latest week report (pdf) mentioned in their weekly newsletter. Here is the interesting bit translated to English.
Influenza Surveillance for week 40 (28 September tot 4 October)
The epidemic findings for week 40 are: The surveyed data show a heightened circulation of the Influenza virus and a moderate activity for the flu symptoms. According to the determined criteria, the flu epidemic has started.Google search results and other online sources are also a good indicator and they do confirm the results of the Belgian flu center. Have a look at the B.V.L.G blog for a detailed analysis (Dutch) with some nice graphs.
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The number of H1N1 cases have doubled compared to last week and was estimated at 4160 in week 39 with a cumulative total of 12678.
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