Health Alerts

Flu infections in late January were reported as widespread with activity described as very high in Slovenia and high in Luxembourg, Bulgaria and Turkey. Influenza A strains were dominant, with the exceptions of Georgia and Romania, while both A and B strains prevailed in Russia, Luxembourg, Kosovo and Albania. In the USA, much of the country was reporting high levels of influenza-like illness. The CDC advised that for the week ending Jan 25, B strains were more common in people aged 24 years and under, while influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses predominated in adults aged over 25 years.  Read more.