Flu bug beginning to retreat in Guangdong

The incidence of flu has remained stable in most parts of South China since the beginning of summer, compared with the previous three years, China's top health authority said on Thursday.

However, the number of flu cases reported in Guangdong province this year reached nearly 75,000 as of Sunday, a rise of 1.26 percent over the same period last year.

Guangdong borders Hong Kong, where flu has killed more than 300 people over the last three months, most of them elderly with chronic diseases.