(ANSA) - Rome, December 12 - Italy's Higher Health Institute
(ISS) said Thursday that the number of people to be hit by this
season's flu virus is set to hit the one-million mark soon.
It said 887,000 people have had influenza so far this season,
with children hit particularly hard.
It said the worst-hit regions were Piedmont, Lombardy,
Trento, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Emilia-Romagna, Marche, Abruzzo
and Sicily.
Flu 'victims' close to one million
Children hit particularly hard says ISS