Epidemics still under surveillance. For several weeks, three diseases have been spreading throughout France and are undermining hospital services: Covid-19, as for almost three years, bronchiolitis, more virulent than in previous years, and the flu, as every winter. According to the weekly bulletins of Public Health France, the latter is still on the rise in the country.
According to the health agency, the indicators of the flu “are on the rise in all age groups”, she reports this Wednesday, December 21. Between December 12 and 18, the incidence rate of consultations for flu-like illness reached 357 per 100,000 inhabitants, or 57% more than a week earlier. The number of emergency visits also jumped (+84% in one week), and hospitalizations even more (+118%).
