just in Time for the January has recorded the flu wave in Germany. More than 6000 cases have been confirmed so far this season – the actual Figures should be much higher.

In Germany, made a wave of Flu wide. In the third week of January around 2200 cases of illness confirmed to the Robert-Koch-were reported to the Institute, informed the working group Influenza (AGI). This was by far the highest value of this season, which officially began in October and the beginning of December, slowly started.

in Accordance with the Definition of AGI has begun the Flu epidemic in mid-January. It is dominate at the time of a virus of type A. The evaluation includes only a small part of the disease process. Only selected practices send samples and not every flu-the sick goes to the doctor – the real case numbers are therefore likely to be much higher than the previously reported 6334 confirmed flu cases this season. The statistics shall be regarded as a good indicator of the flu’s development.