The number of people affected by
this season's flu virus in Italy is set to hit the three-million
mark, according to the latest bulletin from the Higher Health
Institute (ISS).
It said that 374,000 were laid low by the flu in the week
between January 6 and 12, taking the total affected since
October up to 2,268.000.
It said Piedmont, Lombardy, Liguria, Umbria and Lazio were
the worst-hit regions.
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