The influenza epidemic, particularly virulent this season, slowed down for the second consecutive week in France, but the disease is still very present and continues in particular to send many children to the hospital, the agency agency announced on Wednesday, February 12, February 12, public public public health.
“In France, despite a decrease in the indicators in all age groups, the activity of seizures (…) remained high” last week, according to a weekly public health report France.
This evaluation, closed on Sunday, February 9, attests to a decrease in medical consultations such as hospitalizations linked to flu and influenza syndromes.
Always numerous hospitalizations
The epidemic has been particularly virulent since the beginning of winter, with significant mortality in the elderly and an exceptionally high number of hospitalized children.
As such, the level of hospitalization remains “very high” among children under fifteen, according to Public Health France, while now it is only “moderate” in other age groups. However, they are adults, mainly older people, who still register high mortality. More than nine out of ten deaths referred to people 65 years of age or older.
“The proportion of deaths with an influence mention among all electronically certified mortar Public Health Agency.
The entire metropolis is still beaten by the epidemic, as well as abroad, Guadalupe, Martinica, Guyana and Mayotte.
An ineffective vaccine
Several factors combine this year to make the flu epidemic particularly virulent: three virus strains circulate simultaneously, and the vaccine seems ineffective, especially among those over 65.
According to the new preliminary data, the vaccine is only effective in 27% in those over 65.
In this context, “the systematic adoption of barrier gestures within the general population remains essential to help limit the circulation of respiratory viruses,” recalls the agency, evoking systematic hand washing and the port of the mask in case of symptoms, as well as the ventilation of pieces.
As for other epidemics, bronchiolitis, which mainly hits babies, gradually disappears, only corcea that remains in an epidemic situation in Metropolitan France, and Covid is not very.
Source: BFM TV
