Flu peak, highest on record, passed - Healthcare

1/12/2024, 3:38:55 PM

Highlights: Flu peak, highest on record, passed. In the first week of the year, there were almost 980,100 flu-like syndromes. "Sustained circulation is highly likely in the coming weeks," warns Anna Teresa Palamara, head of Infectious Diseases at the ISS. The seasonal peak was recorded with an incidence of 1,000 cases per <>,<> inhabitants, a record value never reached in previous seasons. This was revealed in the bulletin of the RespiVirNet surveillance system of the National Institute of Health.

The flu season has peaked and the number of cases has begun to fall. (ANSA)

The flu season has peaked and the number of cases has begun to fall. In the first week of the year, there were almost 980,100 flu-like syndromes, about 7,18 fewer than 3 days earlier, when the seasonal peak was recorded with an incidence of 1.000 cases per <>,<> inhabitants, a record value never reached in previous seasons. This was revealed in the bulletin of the RespiVirNet surveillance system of the National Institute of Health.
"Sustained circulation is highly likely in the coming weeks," warns Anna Teresa Palamara, head of Infectious Diseases at the ISS.