2023-12-21 10:45:00
They are there and there… In its latest bulletin, Santé Publique France reports the progress of winter epidemics.
According to her, flu and influenza syndrome indicators are on the rise, bronchiolitis is beginning to decline, while the Covid wave, despite its importance, tends to stabilize.
We take stock.
The flu is spreading
The seasonal flu epidemic spread in mid-December in France, spreading throughout the east of the metropolis, the public health agency announced on Wednesday, confirming however that bronchiolitis had passed a peak.
Concerning the flu, last week was marked by “transition into epidemic phase of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Grand Est and Occitanie regions”summarized the French Public Health agency in a weekly report.
The epidemic had arrived in mainland France the previous week via Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (PACA). With the new regions, the entire eastern part of the metropolis is affected and the regions further west should soon be hit, many already being in the so-called pre-epidemic phase. Overseas, Guyana is in turn affected by the flu epidemic, as was already the case with Mayotte before.
Bronchiolitis on the decline
While the flu is spreading in France, the public health agency has noted a decline in the bronchiolitis epidemic, which mainly affects babies.
“The peak of the bronchiolitis epidemic has been reached (early December) in France“she detailed, stressing however that “the indicators remained at high levels in all regions”.
Major wave of Covid stabilizing
The last major winter epidemic to be monitored weekly, Covid-19 continues to record a significant wave but this is showing signs of stabilization. Consultations in town for Covid have thus stopped increasing. However, at the hospital, emergency visits linked to the disease have again seen their share increase slightly.
In the Var, the peak seems to have been reached during the second week of December. Since then, we have started to decline in the number of cases. There are just over 100 cases testing positive per 100,000 inhabitants.
Conversely, in the Alpes-Maritimes, the number of cases increases very slightlyover the last week, with nearly 70 cases tested positive per 100,000 inhabitants.
In this context, particularly as family and friendly gatherings approach for the holidays, “the systematic adoption of barrier gestures by all is essential, in particular the wearing of a mask in the event of symptoms, in busy places and in the presence of vulnerable people”recalled Public Health France, also calling on vulnerable people to be vaccinated against Covid and flu.
1703310545
#Flu #Covid #bronchiolitis.. #Update #winter #epidemics #AlpesMaritimes #Var #days #Christmas