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/ Source: Associated Press
Ozzy Osbourne has been hospitalized because of flu complications, according to the rocker’s wife, Sharon Osbourne.
She wrote on Twitter Wednesday that the 70-year-old was admitted “following some complications from the flu.” She wrote doctors believe “this is the best way to get him on a quicker road to recovery.”
In 2018 Osbourne canceled several shows on his North American tour in 2018 because of a staph infection in his hand.
It was announced last week that the United Kingdom and European leg of Ozzy Osbourne’s No More Tours2 tour was postponed because of doctors’ orders. He thanked all for wishing him a speedy recovery.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, influenza activity is widespread in at least 44 states. While overall flu illnesses in the 2018-2019 season have been comparatively milder than last season’s, the highest number of hospitalizatons from the flu are people over age 65.