2023-12-14 17:41:53
What ? A press conference organized by the Nouvelle-Aquitaine regional prefecture and the Regional Health Agency regarding winter viruses? Could we be under threat of a new wave of contagions? Income in the time of almighty Covid? At all. The event was organized this week, to take stock of the health situation in the region, undoubtedly duplicated in other regions of France, in Paris, by The Minister…
What ? A press conference organized by the Nouvelle-Aquitaine regional prefecture and the Regional Health Agency regarding winter viruses? Could we be under threat of a new wave of contagions? Income in the time of almighty Covid? At all. The event was organized this week, to take stock of the health situation in the region, undoubtedly duplicated in other regions of France, in Paris, by Minister of Health Aurélien Rousseau around one observation: viruses are circulating and vaccinations are falling. Stocks of flu and anti-Covid vaccines are piling up in pharmacies and laboratory fridges.
Sylvie Quelet, project director at ARS Nouvelle-Aquitaine and doctor, announces that the RSV (respiratory syncytial virus, editor’s note) epidemic is galloping among children. And bronchiolitis still sends newborns to pediatric emergencies. “In New Aquitaine, we observe good immunization rates for newborns thanks to Beyfortus, this antibody injected at birth in 73.9% of children,” she emphasizes. As such, we are the third region in terms of immunization rates. France has purchased new doses which will make it possible to immunize newborns until the end of the epidemic. »
The hospitalization rate of children, following going to the emergency room, over the last week is around 36.7%, a stable figure, which shows a slight decline in the bronchiolitis epidemic: “The epidemic is less stronger than in the previous two years, admits Sylvie Quelet. The peak is behind us, 8,800 children have benefited from Beyfortus in the region, it is a little too early to assess the effectiveness of this treatment. »
Covid still
Covid, and its small cohort of sub-variants, have not disappeared from our lives, since we all have a friend, a brother, a daughter, an office neighbor affected by the virus. Some are bedridden with a fever of 39°, others teleworking cough behind their screen, others, having zero symptoms, wear a mask to avoid contaminating those around them. Or not. Aurélie Fischer, public health pharmacist, vaccination and infectious risk project manager, reminds us of the drop in the number of vaccinations once morest Covid and flu.
“If vaccination in nursing homes in New Aquitaine places us at the top of the best vaccinated regions in France, the same is not true for the rest of the population,” she says angrily. The new Covid vaccines are, like flu vaccines, adapted to the latest variants in circulation, and therefore very effective in preventing serious forms. Certainly, a large part of the population having been vaccinated, there is a form of immunization underway, but the most vulnerable are still exposed. » The rate of hospitalization for Covid following going to the emergency room does not exceed 2% in the region.
The dreaded New Year’s Eve
So no panic. On the other hand, health authorities are concerned regarding a resumption of infections following Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day. All these meals crowded together, these hugs, these exchanges of miasmas, of microbes which, in addition to the gifts, risk causing sick leave to skyrocket. “It’s time to go get vaccinated, and we can get both flu and Covid vaccines on the same day, one in each arm, at pharmacists, general practitioners, midwives, nurses,” assures She. » Without forgetting the icing on the capon: the mask, hand washing and… ventilation.
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