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Greek Health Authorities Issue Flu Outbreak Warning

Health authorities sound the alarm as Greece enters the main phase of the influenza outbreak.
According to the Hellenic Center for Disease Control & Prevention (KEELPNO), in the last week of 2016, 35 out every 1,000 Greeks who went to the doctor were suffering from the flu. The corresponding figure for the last week of 2015 was 20 per 1,000 visits.
In the first three days of the year, 10 patients suffering from serious flu symptoms are hospitalized in intensive care.
In 2016, the peak of the influenza wave was recorded in the first week of February.
According to Internal Medicine Professor and KEELPNO associate Sotiris Tsiodras the flu virus that prevails this season is the type A (H3N2) virus that usually causes serious illness to the elderly as opposed to subtype H1N1 that is affecting mainly young people.
KEELPNO advises Greek citizens to follow all basic hygiene rules as a quite effective way to protect against influenza.

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