The flu epidemic has slowed down in recent days, remaining at a “
high level
”, while, in infants, that of bronchiolitis continues but with hospitalizations still falling, the public health agency summarized on Wednesday.
The flu starts to slow down
These last few days have been marked by a “
slowdown in the circulation of influenza viruses but a maintenance at a high level
”, noted Public Health France in its weekly report.
The flu epidemic, which currently strikes all regions of mainland France and most of the overseas territories, is early this year.
Last week “
flu indicators were down in city medicine and emergencies, but hospitalizations and deaths continued to increase, particularly among people aged 65 and over
,” noted Public Health France.
The agency warns, however, that if "
the end of the year holidays generally favor the decrease in the circulation of the flu
", a rebound can be observed after the start of the school year.
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Decrease in emergency room visits for bronchiolitis
The bronchiolitis epidemic continued in mainland France as well as in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique and Mayotte.
But the agency nevertheless noted a “
decrease in emergency visits and hospitalizations among children under 2 years of age in mainland France for the fourth consecutive week
”.
The health system has been under strain for several weeks due to a triple epidemic of Covid, bronchiolitis and influenza, which is weighing on emergency services.
In this context, the health authorities are once again calling on people at risk, especially the elderly, to be vaccinated against influenza and Covid, while vaccination campaigns are lagging behind this year.