Flu Epidemic with Thousands of Cases in Vienna

24 January 2013

Austria / 23 January 2013

Medical experts stated on Tuesday, 22 January that the country is at the start of a flu epidemic, according to media reports. Some 9,900 new influenza and flu cases were reported in Vienna alone last week, and the previous week 8,900 cases were reported. Health authorities in the cities of Graz and Innsbruck have reported similar spikes in numbers of cases