Flu cases in England have fallen by more than 95% to levels not seen in 130 years. Data experts from the Royal College of General Practices (RCGP) said that during the third week of January – usually a peak period for influenza – the number of influenza-like illnesses reported to doctors was 0.9 per 100,000 […]
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HEALTH: Since the start of surveillance at the end of September / beginning of October, there has been “no active circulation of the Flu Virus” in France If the Covid-19 epidemic threatens to rebound in France, that of the seasonal flu has still not started precisely thanks to the barrier gestures adopted to counter the new disease, notes the […]
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EPIDEMIC: The Minister of Health Olivier Véran recalled the increased importance of this vaccine this year in order, not to overload hospitals facing the Covid-19 epidemic The vaccination campaign against flu will begin “on October 13th,” said Olivier Veran Thursday. The Minister of Health underlined its increased importance, this year, for “vulnerable groups” and caregivers, so as not to overload […]
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Some doctors fear a double epidemic of Covid-19 and flu, so invite the French to be vaccinated against the seasonal flu As the number of Covid-19 cases continues to rise, the Department of Health and some doctors are questioning the impact the pandemic could have on the flu epidemic. In general, the flu, which affects […]
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Laboratories have nearly doubled their flu vaccine orders for next winter, as governments worry about the second wave of Covid-19. The global vaccine manufacturers against the flu produced a record number of doses for the 2020-2021 season, the authorities hoping to relieve the sick in hospitals flu while a rebound pandemic Covid-19 is expected. Orders that have doubled in one year For the […]
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The coronavirus pandemic has swept the globe, resulting in nationwide lockdowns in countries from Italy to El Salvador Hundreds of thousands of people have been diagnosed with the virus around the world, and even though China has reported a decline in cases of Covid-19, much of the rest of the world has yet to reach […]
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While attention is focused this winter on the new coronavirus from China, the seasonal flu epidemic continues in mainland France. The flu continues in France and has now caused 34 deaths among the more than 400 serious cases recorded in intensive care. The health agency Public Health France notes, in its inventory published Wednesday, a moderate increase in […]
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The death toll is expected to increase in the coming weeks as the flu epidemic spreads further across France While the new Chinese coronavirus is occupying everyone’s mind, the flu epidemic is booming everywhere in France, except in Normandy, in the pre-epidemic phase. According to Public Health France, 22 people have died in France from seasonal flu since November, a toll which should […]
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HEALTH: The Gastroenteritis epidemic which has been spreading throughout France, has arrived in the Charente region The reality seems to have gotten a little ahead of the statistics of Sentinelles, this network of doctors, for the most part, generalists, who compile data linked to epidemics of acute diarrhoea, flu, chickenpox in particular. The network has noted […]
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In Normandy, declarations are mandatory for certain highly supervised diseases: measles, influenza, meningitis … The first figures of 2018 are already known. Observe, alert and monitor all epidemics in the region or certain diseases: these are the missions of the Wax (cells intervention in the region), installed since 2014 in Rouen (Seine-Maritime) with an antenna in Caen (Calvados) . While winter epidemics […]
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