The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning that the U.S. will experience a flu season this year.
Most states are reporting low or minimal flu activity and not very many cases have been reported to date.
During the 2020-21 season, there were very few infections reported in the country due to strict lockdowns, widespread mask-wearing, school and business closures and social distancing measures in place.
But with fewer children vaccinated against influenza compared to last year and outbreaks already seen on college campuses, federal officials told CNN that there will be a flu season, even if not as bad as past seasons.
CDC officials are warning there will be a flu season this year because vaccination rates are lagging compared to last year and there have been outbreaks on college campuses (file image)
The CDC's weekly influenza report finds that 0.7% of all tests this week have been confirmed to be the flu and cases are slowing rising
'Overall flu activity is still really low. It's starting to creep up just a little bit,' Lynnette Brammer, lead of the CDC's Domestic Influenza Surveillance team, told CNN.
'That gives us the idea that flu season may be starting.'
According to the CDC, flu activity was 'unusually low' during the 2020-21 season.
Between late September and late May, just 0.2 percent - 1,675 - of more than 818,000 specimens came back positive.
When the typical flu season can infect as many 56,000,000 - this means that the number of
