{
  "id": 15994818,
  "title": "'Summer flu season to last longer than last year's'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/summer-flu-season-to-last-longer-than-last-years-15994818",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-22T03:20:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RTHK News",
    "slug": "rthk-news",
    "url": "https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1874881-20261022.htm"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Hong Kong is experiencing a prolonged summer flu season that shows no clear sign of abating, Centre for Health Protection controller Edwin Tsui said on Thursday. He said the flu season has already entered its 16th week. \"We roughly ended last year's flu season around week 18,\" Tsui said on an RTHK radio programme. \"Today, we are already nearly 16 weeks into the flu season and still see no clear…",
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        "title": "'Summer flu season to last longer than last year's'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/summer-flu-season-to-last-longer-than-last-years",
        "published": "2026-10-22T03:20:41.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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