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French hospitals cancel operations amid brutal flu epidemic

Health minister Marisol Touraine said death toll for 2016/2017 flu season set to be 'high' with unusually large number of people 'seriously ill'.

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French hospitals have been asked to postpone non-urgent operations as a brutal flu epidemic swamps emergency rooms across the country, reports FRANCE 24.

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