Flu: declining trend, but influenza B remains stubborn!

Flu: declining trend, but influenza B remains stubborn!

Wien, Österreich - The flu wave has exceeded its preliminary climax, but the numbers of the new infections remain alarming. According to the Center for Virology of the MedUni Vienna, the health authorities report that the activity of influenza-a virus declines, while the influenza-B virus continues to rampart in many places. These findings were published in a recent report on Monday, and it is expected that the high infection will continue. In the regions of Europe, including France, Italy and the Benelux countries, a similar picture showed, while Germany had to see a further increase in cases last week, as on 5min.at can be read.

The current incapacity figures in Austria show that in the 9th week 291,972 sick leave was recorded, a decline compared to the previous week, but significantly above the values of the previous year. The percentage increases are particularly frightening: this season twice as many cases of influenza were registered as in the past year, with Vienna and Upper Austria considered most affected. In a final overview of the infection, it is also mentioned that the number of COVID-19 cases has decreased after this disease has no longer noticed since July 2023, which makes the numbers less meaningful. Wastewater monitoring is now used for precise analysis, which offer a more realistic assessment of the virus spread, the report from rki .