The UK had a flu spike in December 2019
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7810129/Flu-cases-EIGHT-TIMES-higher-point-UK-winter.html
Daily Mail Uk September 2019
Outbreak of a flu-like illness could circulate the world in 36 hours
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7474055/Outbreak-flu-like-illness-circulate-world-36-hours-kill-80million-people.html