The flu epidemic has spread in recent days in France, now hitting the entire metropolis, while the peak of bronchiolitis has probably been reached, health authorities announced on Wednesday.
The flu epidemic, which broke out at the end of November, has spread to all metropolitan areas, according to the weekly report from Public Health France.
In the overseas territories, only Guyana and Guadeloupe are still in the pre-epidemic phase.
The last few days have been marked by a continued increase in flu indicators in all age groups and a “sharp increase in hospitalizations” (+117%).
The outbreak of the influenza epidemic, rather early this year, comes to test a health system tested by the recurrent waves of Covid, currently in full recovery, and, in babies, an epidemic of bronchiolitis unprecedented since ten years.
The latter continues “at a high level” in mainland France as well as in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique and Mayotte.
Nevertheless, the health authorities noted last week a decrease in emergency visits and hospitalizations, “signing the very probable passage of the peak of the epidemic”.
Faced with the triple epidemic that is raging in France, the government has called on the French to a “jump” in vaccination before the end of the year celebrations.
“Vaccination and respect for barrier gestures remain the best means of protecting yourself from respiratory viruses”, remind the health authorities.