The decrease in all epidemiological surveillance indicators has been confirmed since the beginning of February and seems to point to the end of the bronchiolitis epidemic in Guadeloupe.
The bronchiolitis epidemic is over in Guadeloupe, indicates the Antilles cell of Public Health France, this Friday, February 18. “Over the past two weeks, bronchiolitis activity has been relatively stable in the city.
In hospitals, data relating to emergency visits has not been available from the Sursaud/Oscour® application since February 1. However, CHU emergency physicians have reported a marked decrease in emergency room visits for bronchiolitis since the beginning of February.
In hospitals, data relating to emergency visits has not been available from the Sursaud/Oscour® application since February 1. However, CHU emergency physicians have reported a marked decrease in emergency room visits for bronchiolitis since the beginning of February.
610 consultations since mid-November
Since the beginning of the epidemic in mid-November, an estimated 610 consultations have taken place in general medicine.
Over the past two weeks, less than five positive tests in children under 2 years old have been detected per week by the Pointe-à-Pitre University Hospital laboratory.
Since the resumption of virological surveillance between October 2021 and February 2022, the CHU and CHBT laboratories have identified the virus 138 times out of the 294 searches carried out.
