한국에서증가하고있는 심각한 독감 케이스

more and more people in korea are falling ill with a severe bout of the flu. with young students heading back to school after the winter break there are concerns the number of cases could sky rocket in the coming days. kim ji-yeon reports. kim sun-rang brought her three-year-old son to the hospital after he showed no signs of improvement despite taking medication for over a week...for what she thought was a common cold. kim's son had a high fever reaching close to 40-degrees celsius coupled with severe coughing. the hospital confirmed he'd come down with pneumonia a much more serious illness. i was alarmed when the hospital said he had pneumonia. like kim's son the number of people showing symptoms of high fever throat pains and bodily fatigue are on the rise in korea. last week around 30 people came down with a severe case of the flu and a flu warning was issued last month over three strains including the potentially deadly h1n1 virus. what appears to be cold symptoms can lead to complications and turn into pneumonia and ear infection s. there's also a condition called reye's syndrome that could potentially harm the brain .