There was a sharp rise in flu cases
in Italy in the week of January 6-12, the Higher Health
Institute (ISS) reported, saying that children were the most
affected age group.
The incidence level in Italy was equal to 14.3 cases per
thousand assisted (12.1 in the previous week) and the incidence
was increasing in all age groups, but the most affected were
children under five years of age in whom the incidence was equal
to 25.5 cases per thousand assisted (22.6 in the previous week).
The estimated cases of flu-like syndrome were approximately
841,000 that week, for a total of approximately 6,793,000 cases
since the beginning of surveillance, said the weekly report
RespiVirNet-Integrated Surveillance of Respiratory Viruses of
the ISS, the Istituto Superiore di Sanità.
Although the circulation of influenza viruses is increasing, the
ISS emphasized that the number of influenza-like syndromes is
also supported by other respiratory viruses.
Among the Regions, the most affected are Tuscany, Lazio,
Abruzzo, Campania, Puglia and Sicily.
Basilicata and Calabria have not activated epidemiological
surveillance.
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