Metropolitan France is emerging from the epidemic stage

2023-04-19 17:14:36

The flu epidemic lasted a particularly long time this season. In mainland France, the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region is the last to emerge from the epidemic stage.

All regions of mainland France have now emerged from the seasonal flu epidemic, which is particularly long this year, but which continues overseas in Guadeloupe and Martinique, the public health agency summarized on Wednesday.

The “flu activity (is) down in almost all regions”, indicates Public Health France in a weekly review.

“Post-epidemic” phase

The only metropolitan region to still be hit by the epidemic last week, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté has now left this status.

However, the situation has not quite returned to normal there, as in the majority of the territory, the largest of the regions still being in the “post-epidemic” phase.

Overseas, Guadeloupe and Martinique are, moreover, still affected by the epidemic.

A long epidemic period

The seasonal flu epidemic started early this season, and therefore lasted a particularly long time. Although it did not reach the peaks of the worst years, it added to those of Covid and, in infants, bronchiolitis.

It was particularly prolonged due to the rise at the start of 2023 of another strain of the virus, called type B.

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