Flu will hit 5 mn Italians

(ANSA) - Florence, November 24 - Some five million Italians will get the flu this winter, the Italian society of general medicine and primary caregivers (SIMG) said Thursday at its 33rd annual congress in Florence.
    The peak of the infection will be between the end of January and the beginning of February, it said.
    SIMG issued an appeal to get flu shots, saying 850,000 Italians had already contracted influenza by mid-October and 850,000 had been hit by acute respiratory syndromes.
    photo: Health Minister Beatrice Lorenzin getting flu shot