+61% visits to emergency departments, epidemic spreads across France

In the hospital, the number of emergency room visits for flu/flu-like illness increased significantly (+61%, in one week, to 7,546), as did the number of subsequent hospitalizations (+55% to 1,349). In mainland France, all regions are now struggling with the flu, with Brittany and Normandy in turn entering the epidemic phase.

Abroad, Martinique joined Guyana and Guadeloupe as regions completely affected by the epidemic. Mayotte has already happened.

Bronchiolitis: end of epidemic phase

If the flu has intensified, bronchiolitis, which mainly affects children, has continued to decrease.

In mainland France, no region is in the epidemic phase, with four additional regions having left it (Bourgogne-Français-Comte, Occitanie, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and Corsica). Public Health France noted that “the use of emergency room and hospital admissions following bronchiolitis in children under 2 years of age has continued to decrease” and that “SOS Medicines medical procedures have stabilized at a moderate level.” Abroad, bronchiolitis persists in Guadeloupe, Reunion and Mayotte; Martinique and Guyana are no longer considered epidemic areas.

Covid is on the decline

As for Covid-19, the virus is still actively circulating, but the decline seen in community medicine, hospitals and even sewage has continued for several weeks. In this context, in addition to insisting on the vaccination of those most at risk against flu and Covid, Public Health France reiterated its call to “respect the wearing of masks in case of symptoms, in busy places and in the presence of vulnerable people. , hand washing and regular ventilation of closed spaces.