In Saint-Martin, the flu is “slowly increasing for several weeks” and “exceeded the epidemic threshold last week”, according to the latest epidemiological bulletin on seasonal pathologies from the Regional Health Agency (ARS) Guadeloupe / Iles North. As for the emergency department activity at Fleming Hospital, it “remains calm without any emergency visits recorded for influenza-like illness for ten consecutive weeks”. In Saint-Barthélemy, the situation is calm. The ARS also took stock of the last season. In our territory “the epidemic started late and took place globally in the first half of the year. Its scope was moderate in town medicine with 1 cases estimated during the epidemic, a lower number than in previous years. ” No hospitalizations were recorded. The national flu vaccination campaign was launched last week by the Ministry of Health. More than 700 people died from the flu epidemic in mainland France last winter. _EH
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