The newest report from the Institute of Public Well being (ISP) revealed that influenza infections have elevated significantly in current instances, since nearly 6 thousand instances have been confirmed thus far this 12 months, 75% greater than in the identical interval of 2023.

The rise in instances generated a peak of infections in the course of the week of Might 5 to 11, when greater than 1,400 sufferers with influenza have been registered. In comparison with 2023, on the identical date, solely 776 instances have been detected, lower than half in comparison with this 12 months.

The Undersecretary of Healthcare Networks, Osvaldo Salgado, mentioned: “what we’re seeing is that in our emergency providers, 40% of the consultations are for respiratory causes, and plenty of of them for influenza. In regarding two or three extra weeks, what ought to occur is a necessity for beds.”

“What occurs in winter is that strain will increase as a result of respiratory causes. Till the earlier week, solely 13% of important grownup beds have been occupied as a result of respiratory causes. What ought to occur is that this share ought to enhance following which have a barely extra complicated scenario that, in fact, the system is able to cope with,” the official defined.