Yasmina Kattou
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8:02 a.m., February 12, 2023
The Health Authority indicates that all the indicators are on the rise. From now on, eleven of the thirteen regions of metropolitan France are classified in the epidemic phase. Only Normandy and Hauts-de-France are spared for the moment. how to explain this recovery? Europe 1 takes stock.
The flu epidemic has continued in recent days a rebound started after a start to the year marked by a lull, summarized this Wednesday the public health agency. Last week recorded, in mainland France, a “rebound in the epidemic with an increase in flu indicators in town and in hospitals in all age groups”, according to a weekly report from Public Health France. Eleven of the thirteen regions of metropolitan France are classified in the epidemic phase. Why such a recovery?
Flu strain back in circulation
First, children being the reservoir of the flu in France, the return to school after the Christmas holidays reactivated the circulation of the virus. Then, this new wave is carried by a new strain, the B virus. is currently spreading among children who are in school because it is a population which had not encountered this virus and which is free from this virus”, explains Christine Campèse, epidemiologist at Public Health France.
Because of this new strain, adults who have already had the flu at the beginning of winter can become infected. It is difficult to say when the peak will be reached. So the authorities recommend getting vaccinated. The flu vaccination campaign has been extended until February 28.