Watch out for gastroenteritis in the Northern Islands. "The beginning of the epidemic was confirmed on the data for the last week of January and the first week of February", according to the epidemiological bulletin on seasonal pathologies from the Regional Health Agency (ARS) Guadeloupe / Iles du North. Regarding consultations with general practitioners, the estimated weekly number is “twice the maximum values expected for the season”. Three emergency room visits were recorded at Louis Constant Fleming hospital during weeks 4 and 5. The epidemic also took hold in Saint-Barthélemy. The number of clinically suggestive cases “increased sharply in late January and early February”. _EH
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