Influenza returns to the country. The number of cases and hospitalizations is increasing. The same applies to doctor visits.
As for influenza, the epidemic threshold has been reached since the fall, explains Simon Ming, spokesman for the Federal Office of Public Health (OFSP): “According to the World Health Organization, we consider the influenza season to begin when the weekly number of consultations related to influenza-like illness exceeds the threshold. 68 per 100,000 consultations. This threshold was crossed for the first time in November. And he hasn't looked back since. After a slight decline during the holidays (decrease in holiday-related doctor visits), consultations for flu symptoms have been on the rise since the beginning of January.
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