(ANSA) - Rome, January 3 - Cases of flu in Italy doubled in
the last week, the Higher Health Institute (ISS) said Wednesday.
From December 25 to 31, the ISS said, flu cases were around
673,000, making a total, since monitoring began last autumn, of
around 2,168,000. In the previous week the number of Italians
hit by the virus was 387,000. The surge concerned all Italian
regions except the northeast, the ISS said. Many cases involved
children, it said.
Flu cases double (3)
From 387,000 to 673,000 in a week