Probable start of the flu epidemic

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In Saint-Martin, the number of consultations for an influenza state has been increasing since mid-November, reports the latest bulletin from the Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS).

Visits to the doctor are therefore on the rise "exceeding the maximum expected values ​​with respectively 95 and 123 cases estimated during weeks 46 and 47", indicates the institute, adding that the situation is to be monitored. In Saint-Barthélemy, the number of consultations for influenza-like illness remains low.

Point in the Antilles

In Guadeloupe, the seasonal flu epidemic has not yet started. As for Martinique, indicators of influenza-like illness have been increasing over the past five weeks, according to the bulletin, but no influenza virus has been isolated.

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