well being authorities are making ready for a extra extreme epidemic this winter
The seasonal flu vaccination marketing campaign is because of start on October 18 in mainland France, Guadeloupe, Martinique and Guyana. It has already began in Mayotte.
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The flu epidemic threatens to be notably virulent this winter. The flu kills between 2 and eight million individuals in France annually with its well-known signs (malaise, physique aches, fever, headache, cough, rhinitis and irritated throat). However this yr, it worries specialists.
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Epidemiologist Jean-Daniel Lelièvre, head of the infectious ailments division at Henri-Mondor Hospital, provides three causes: “There have been only a few vaccinations in earlier years. So immunity tends to drop within the normal inhabitants. Then, we use the masks a lot much less, we pay much less consideration. After which, if we glance somewhat at what is going on within the southern hemisphere, we see that the kinds are extra extreme”.
The flu is circulating first within thehemisphere south earlier than arriving right here in France. Nevertheless, at present in Australia, the variety of contaminations is far larger than in earlier years.
“There should not be one other pandemic”declared the Minister of Well being François Braun in an interview granted on October 2 to the regional each day West France. France is certainly dealing with a resurgence of the epidemic of Covid-19. The booster marketing campaign with vaccines bivalent appropriate for Omicron variant a began the third of October. It has additionally been superior due to the numerous improve within the variety of contaminations. It was to begin concurrently the flu vaccination marketing campaign, in ten days.
As of October 18, susceptible individuals can even be capable to get vaccinated in opposition to the seasonal flu. It’s doable to get vaccinated “concurrently” in opposition to the 2 viruses, underlines François Braun and extra typically the well being authorities. “Youno injection in every arm”specifies the Excessive Authority for Well being (HAS). The vaccination marketing campaign anti-influenza will finish on November 15.
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