During the week ending December 29, acute respiratory infections were “clearly increasing”, both in hospitals and in community medicine, affecting people of all ages, according to the weekly bulletin published by the health agency.
Hospitalizations “after visits to the emergency room” particularly concerned people aged 65 and over: they represented almost two thirds of hospitalizations for an acute respiratory infection, in the last week of 2024.
“All age groups”
The flu affects all regions of France and is intensifying “in all age groups” and reaching a “very high level among those under 15”, notes SpF. Overseas, the flu epidemic is raging in Martinique, while Guadeloupe and Guyana are in the “pre-epidemic” phase.
As for the bronchiolitis epidemic, it continues in eleven regions of France but its intensity is decreasing for the second consecutive week, both in cities and in hospitals. The Antilles, Mayotte and Guyana are also in the epidemic phase. The bronchiolitis epidemic, however, is arriving in Corsica and Reunion, which are both in the “pre-epidemic” phase, while Île-de-France is emerging from the epidemic.
Concerning Covid-19, the indicators remain “generally stable at low levels” compared to the previous week.
Recommended vaccination
“Vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself against influenza and Covid-19, in particular serious forms of these diseases,” recalls Public Health France.
It is recommended “to all eligible people, in order to protect them and those around them”, in particular people aged 65 and over or those who are immunocompromised, infants over 6 months with comorbidities, pregnant women. , residents in medical-social establishments of all ages. It is also for people in regular contact with people who are immunocompromised or vulnerable to severe forms of infection, including health professionals.
