Flu infection growth slows in Catalonia, but hospitals and CAP remain saturated

“We are definitely past the peak of flu; but we must see back to school effect“He pointed out Daniel Lopez-Cordina, Member of Biocomsc. “It cannot be ruled out that we have Binding. What we want to drop is Slowly but gradually. we will continue to The value in the coming days is very high”, Add to.

Weekly balance of data collected by the Ministry of Health this Wednesday January 1st to 7th, Show all respiratory viruses (especially the flu) There was an increase last week. However, according to health workers different hospitals and Primary Care Center (CAP) Catalans, the situation regarding infections is “Better Things” This Week, Although they admit that they are still Very saturated.

In primary care it helps a lot, after the Christmas holidays, Complete toilet template. “We noticed a increased activity That’s compared to previous weeks, but employees returning from vacation has helped.there are more Vaccination activation order On the nursing side,” he noted Jodi Maestrez Lucero, a member of Catalan Association of Family and Community Medicine (Camfic) and family doctor at CAP Sanllehy in Barcelona. Other CAPs, such as Barcelona’s Rio de Janeiro, “More peaceful” This week is better than last week.

Vaccination failure

Flu vaccination is most failed aspect during this year’s season.Some epidemiologists ignore what the Ministry of Health and Lots of calls Come get vaccinated. However, other sources blame this year’s failure on popular apathy. “It always costs a lot Get people vaccinated against the flu,” the nurses said, however, they noted that one Become immune to “request bounce” this week. “People want to get vaccinated When the wolf is already at home Not before.Also, people are tired of vaccines Coronavirus Now it costs a lot,” they lamented.

According to Salut data, COVID-19 vaccine coverage The figure is 59% for those over 80 years old and 45% for those aged 70 to 79 years.this Flu coverage

Among these groups, the proportions were 66% and 53% respectively. In both cases, the numbers were insufficient, according to health authorities.

“more stable”

hospitals like delmar Somehow “more stable”. “We are in a flat stage. We have a lot of work to do, but activity has stabilized,” explained the head of the infectious disease department at Del Mar Hospital, Robert Gary. “The number of admissions (to the emergency department) is down, probably because susceptible patients The possibility of infection,” commented the infectious disease expert.

According to him, in the hospital Many people kept coming, But the number of patients “It’s not continuing to increase.” However, from a purely probabilistic perspective, 1% of entrants they might get serious “little by little” Intensive care units and critical areas are full. “The situation is complex, but non-explosive Just like the coronavirus.especially now They no longer enter so strongly, what happened is we Water up to neck”, Gerry said.

There are also hospitals and the like TerrassaHospitals that reported “collapse” in their emergency departments at the end of the year are now “much better” because there are fewer patients waiting to be admitted (21, compared with 38 on December 31) and new beds have been opened in wards.

Those who are calmer are Pediatrician. “It looks like summer,” explains CAP Poblenou pediatrician Carlos Losana. Last September, infants younger than six months old were vaccinated against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV, which causes many types of bronchiolitis), preventing many minors from going to the emergency room and being hospitalized. “But this happens every year. Children are no longer getting infected in schools and day care centers, and the first week of January There are almost no jobs”, Losana said she was assured that “the curve in pediatrics is already falling.”