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3 April 2018, 18:44

Flu does not recede in Bashkiria: more than 27 thousand people were diagnosed with ARVI over week

UFA, 3 April 2018. /Bashinform News Agency, Galiya Nabieva/. In Bashkiria, an epidemic threshold for the ARVI incidence is exceeded by 12%. During the last week of March, 27 741 people of the republic fell ill, the regional department of Rospotrebnadzor reported. The agency explained that, compared with the previous week, the epidemic threshold decreased by 8%. The specialist of the press service confirmed that cases of influenza A and B were still registered in the region. Epidemiologists refrained from predicting the further development of the incidence in the region.
From March 19 to 25, in the Russian Federation, the excess of weekly epidemic thresholds of the acute respiratory viral infection and influenza incidence was recorded in 29 subjects.
Among the children of the 0-2 age group, the weekly epidemic thresholds for the ARVI and influenza incidence were exceeded in 10 regions, among children of the age group 3-6 years - in 18, among children of 7-14 years - in 21, among teenagers over 15 - in 27 regions.
More than 10 thousand people were examined during the reporting week. The share of influenza viruses in the structure of positive findings increased to 67.8%, influenza B viruses (21.7%) and A (H1N1) pdm09 (25.54%) prevailed.
Author:Galiya Nabieva
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