Due to the scale of the epidemic across the country, flu vaccinations have been extended by a month

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Initially scheduled for January 31, the vaccination campaign, which specifically targets people above the age of 65, should now run until February 29.

Health – barrier gestures are still just as important. The flu epidemic, which had already spread throughout the metropolis in mid-January, intensified at the end of the month, the public health agency announced on Wednesday, January 31. Due to this, the vaccination drive was extended by one month.

“Flu epidemic intensifies in France”., a weekly report summarized in Public Health France, also noted that abroad, the epidemic continued in Guyana, Guadeloupe and Martinique but ended in Mayotte. Between January 22 and 28, “All indicators showed a sharp increase in hospital admissions after emergency room visits in all age groups, and particularly among those aged 15-64 years in community medicine and hospitals”.The agency noted.

In this context and when vaccination coverage is lower than in 2023, the vaccination campaign, which specifically targets people over 65 years of age, has been extended by one month by health authorities. While it was supposed to end this Wednesday, January 31, it will run until at least February 29.

Bronchiolitis and covid epidemics are slowing down

On the other hand, the situation is calm for two other major respiratory epidemics: bronchiolitis, which mainly affects children, and Covid. Bronchitis epidemics no longer concern any metropolitan area, even if some remain in post-epidemic stages.

In terms of hospitalizations, it may not reach the exceptionally high levels of the 2022-2023 season, but it will still prove significant.

As for Covid, which tends to run in frequent waves rather than annual epidemics during the winter, indicators decline or remain stable. Especially, “Positivity rates have dropped in the city and in hospitals”Note Public Health France.

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