Early and severe, the flu epidemic which began in France in November 2024 gained in intensity thanks to the end-of-year holidays, and now exceeds last year’s peak. Testimonies from caregivers are multiplying to describe a particularly symptomatic illness, in all age groups, while the most serious cases have begun to embolize hospitals since the first days of the year.
While the winter bronchiolitis epidemic has begun to ebb and Covid-19 indicators remain at high levels low and stable since the rebound in fall 2024, the share of hospitalizations for influenza among all hospitalizations is at “an exceptionally high level of intensity in all age groups”according to the bulletin on acute respiratory infections published Wednesday January 8 by Public Health France (SPF).
“We saw serious forms that we had not seen in recent yearstestifies Emmanuel Maupu, general practitioner in Honfleur (Calvados) and president of the MG France union in the department, who mentions influenza A with severe symptoms, “even in vaccinated people”. The doctor describes a very symptomatic illness, with patients reaching fevers of up to 40°C and exhausted for several days, including among young people; and particularly severe cases in older patients, forced to be hospitalized due to bronchial superinfection or respiratory distress.
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