(CNA photo) The first case of influenza with severe complications during the current flu season, which begins in October and ends the following March in Taiwan, was not reported until late December, a senior official at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Tuesday. A 77-year-old woman was confirmed on Dec. 28 as having developed severe complications after being infected with a flu virus, later determined to be the subtype H3N2 of the influenza A virus (A/H3N2), said Kuo Hung-wei (郭宏偉), director of the CDC s Epidemic Intelligence Center. The patient, who was not inoculated during the current flu season, was the first case of flu with severe complications this season, Kuo said, noting that in the past, the first severe cases in the flu season were always recorded before December.