Spanish Flu epidemic will stop in two weeks

Influenza epidemics continue to decline in all autonomous regions, including primary health care picture Hospitalif this incidence rate continues to decline, influenza will return to normal within a week or two, that is, it will not yet have epidemic properties.

This is clearly shown by the report of the Surveillance System for Acute Respiratory Infections (SiVIRA) issued by the Carlos III Health Institute, corresponding to the third week of January, from 15 to 21, which confirms that all acute respiratory infections have increased decline: Influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and SARSCoV-2

. The number of hospitalizations due to Covid-19 and RSV infections consolidated the downward trend across all age groups.

The number of masks continues to decline in 17 autonomous regions, which will allow more autonomous regions to join the ranks of recommending the use of masks in health centers instead of making their use mandatory. Link two weeks to a downtrend, as early January was led by The Ministry of Health is facing the epidemic.

by age groupthe highest infection rate is primary health care Occurred in children under 1 year old (2918.3 cases/100000 hours), followed by children aged 1-4 years old (2196.3 cases/100000 hours). The incidence of influenza syndrome decreased in the second week, and the incidence of bronchiolitis began to decrease in week 50/2023. The influenza positivity rate dropped to 28% from 36.8% the previous week. SARS-CoV-2 also declined (8.6%, compared with 10.7% the previous week), and RSV decreased by 7.1% (compared to 8.6% the previous week).

inside hospital environment, the global incidence rate fell to 21 cases/100,000 hours (29 cases the previous week), with all autonomous regions experiencing a decrease. By age group, the highest hospitalization rate this week was among adults aged 80 and above (1.569 cases/100,000 hours), followed by children under 1 year old (89.2 cases/100,000 hours).