Tag: H3N2

• Saturday, January 24th 2026 - 15:38 UTC

  Uruguay preparing for ‘super flu’ H3N2; reports first two cases from overseas contagion

  

  Uruguay’s Public Health Ministry confirmed this week it had detected for the first time two cases of the so called ‘super flu K’ H3N2, both from people returning to the country, a boy who recently arrived from Finland, and a woman who visited next of kin in United States.

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• Friday, December 19th 2025 - 21:34 UTC

  Superflu makes it to Argentina and Brazil

  

  Health authorities across South America are on high alert following the confirmed detection of the Influenza A (H3N2) “K subclade” in Argentina and Brazil. The variant, which has already triggered emergency protocols in Chile and Bolivia, is characterized by genetic mutations that may increase transmissibility, though experts emphasize it does not currently appear to be more lethal than standard flu strains.

• Friday, December 19th 2025 - 08:27 UTC

  Health alerts issued in Chile and Bolivia following superflu detections

  

  Health authorities in Chile and Bolivia have activated emergency epidemiological protocols following the confirmed arrival of a new, highly transmissible variant of Influenza A (H3N2), known as the K subclade (also referred to as “supereflu”).

• Tuesday, December 16th 2025 - 10:08 UTC

  Peru confirms first 2 cases of H3N2 “variant K” flu

  

  Peru's Health Ministry (Minsa) officially confirmed on Monday the detection of the first two cases of the Influenza A (H3N2) subclade K variant in the country, just one day after issuing a national epidemiological alert to monitor the potential entry of respiratory diseases during the holiday season.

• Wednesday, April 27th 2022 - 21:14 UTC

  Peru declares H3N2 epidemiological alert

  

  Peru's Health Ministry (Minsa) Tuesday issued an epidemiological alert in light of the growing number of Influenza A (H3N2) cases in Ayacucho, Piura, and Lima.