The flu bug continues to sweep through many western countries this winter. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US, about a hundred people, including thirteen children, have died of flu-related ailments across 46 states. In Canada, over 10-thousand have had flu and 10 died of it. The situation is also serious in Europe. In Britain, the flu has affected over 4 million people and killed 85. Local tabloid The Mirror said the country may face the outbreak of flu epidemic later this month. In France, 10-thousand people reported sick, with a thousand hospitalized for the flu.