The various flu indicators continue to progress in mainland France and in most overseas territories, as the epidemic rebounds following the first wave in December.
The seasonal flu rebound is consolidating. The epidemic has continued to rebound in recent days, but the increase was less marked than in previous weeks, Public Health France summarized Wednesday in its weekly bulletin.
Last week saw a “continued increase in all influenza indicators across all age groups but less marked” than the previous week, according to the public health agency.
The upward trend concerned 9 of the 13 metropolitan regions and particularly in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, which remained, with Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Occitanie, among the most affected regions. In the overseas territories, Guyana, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélémy are also in the epidemic phase.
The flu epidemic, which had started early in France, had experienced a decline in January. But she’s been gone for three weeks. In mainland France, only Normandy and Hauts-de-France appear in the “post-epidemic” phase during which the end of the epidemic is possible in the short term.
End of the triple epidemic
This winter, the flu contributed to an unusual “triple epidemic” situation, with several waves of Covid as well as a particularly intense outbreak of bronchiolitis in babies.
Bronchiolitis, in decline since the end of December, continued to decline throughout France. The epidemic ended in two new regions: Hauts-de-France and Occitanie. However, it continues in Mayotte and Reunion has entered the epidemic phase.
