The seasonal flu uptick is consolidating. The epidemic has continued to rebound in recent days, but the increase was less marked than in previous weeks, Public Health France summarized on Wednesday in its weekly bulletin.
Last week saw a “continuous increase in all influenza indicators across all age groups, but less marked” than the previous week, according to the public health agency.
The upward trend affected 9 of the 13 metropolitan regions and in particular Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, which remained, with Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Occitanie, among the most affected regions. In the overseas territories, Guyana, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin and Saint Barthelemy are also in the epidemic phase.
The flu epidemic, which had started early in France, had slowed down in January. But she’s been gone for three weeks. In mainland France, only Normandy and Hauts-de-France appear in the “post-epidemic” phase during which short-term end of the epidemic is possible.
End of the triple epidemic
This winter, the flu contributed to an unusual “triple epidemic” situation, with several waves of Covid and a particularly intense outbreak of bronchiolitis in infants.
Bronchiolitis, in decline since the end of December, continued to decline throughout France. The epidemic ended in two new regions: Hauts-de-France and Occitanie. However, it continues in Mayotte and Réunion has entered the epidemic phase.
Source: BFM TV
