The seasonal flu epidemic intensified the week before Christmas in France, unlike that of bronchiolitis, the intensity level of which was at “a low level”said Public Health France (SPF) on Thursday.
The circulation of influenza viruses has intensified “within the general population” during the week ended December 22 and touched “particularly older people, who are particularly vulnerable to the flu”according to the health agency’s acute respiratory infections bulletin.
“Children under 15 were most affected in town and in hospital, but a marked increase in visits to emergency rooms and hospitalizations among people aged 65 and over was observed”thus underlines SPF.
On the other hand, the bronchiolitis epidemic, which continued “in twelve regions of France, the Antilles, Guyana and Mayotte”was described as“an intensity at a low level in comparison” with previous years.
Concerning Covid-19, the indicators remained “generally stable in town and in hospital compared to the previous week”.