On December 21, the National Influenza Center released the 50th week (December 11-17) "Influenza Surveillance Weekly Report", which showed that the increase in the positive rate of influenza virus testing in southern provinces slowed down this week, and the northern provinces declined. This is the first time that the positive influenza detection rate has shown a downward trend after four consecutive weeks of increase.
On December 10, the child in Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital was diagnosed. Xinhua News Agency.
The People's ** Health Client reporter consulted a number of doctors, all of whom said that the number of flu patients who have recently visited the hospital is decreasing. "There has been a recent drop in febrile respiratory symptoms in outpatient visits, with a decrease of more than 50 per cent from the peak in November. Li Tong, chief physician of the Department of Infectious Diseases of Beijing You'an Hospital, once introduced.
In pediatrics, flu patients are also decreasing, but Hou Wei, deputy director of the pediatric department and director of the respiratory specialty at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, said that the peak of flu in children has not yet passed. "It is true that there are fewer children with flu in the past week than before, but there are still a certain number of children with flu in the outpatient clinic, and it is estimated that it will not drop significantly until after the school holidays. ”
Both doctors said that other respiratory diseases should not be taken lightly. "Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection cases still exist, the proportion of influenza B has increased, and the incidence of new crown in foreign countries has increased, and it cannot be ruled out that the number of new crown cases in China will also increase in the later stage. Li Tong once told the people's ** health client reporter.
Although no new pathogens have emerged, mycoplasma, adenovirus, respiratory syncytial virus, and rhinovirus are still the main sources of respiratory epidemiology in children. Hou Wei said.