Increase in childhood respiratory infections, especially in the 0 to 2 year old age group, also in France. After the alarm in China about childhood pneumonia, hospitals in the Alps are also attracting attention: according to Le Monde, in the national newsletter of Oscour (Organization of coordinated emergency surveillance), in the week of 13 to 19 November, A number of emergency room visits for this age group was reported to be +44% compared to the previous week due to respiratory problems.
At the center of attention would be the bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae, the same one that caused the spike in infections among children in China. In the week of November 13th to 19th, of the 7,625 medical procedures carried out on children under 2 years of age by Sos Médecins, 772 were associated with bronchiolitis-type respiratory infections. Overall, the Santé publique France bulletin reports a “slight increase” in acute respiratory infections.
“In the past, this news would not have aroused all this sensitivity. After the Covid experience, the important element is more institutional than anything else: attention must be kept high for a phenomenon that at this moment must be studied and limited”. This is what virologist Fabrizio Pregliasco told LaPresse, regarding the increase in cases of childhood respiratory infections, first in China and then in France. “China is expected to tell us the truth, in the past it has not always been careful in providing information,” adds Pregliasco. “These episodes should remind us that respiratory infectious diseases are with us and will be with us in the future”, he concludes, “without fear and alarmism, but with increased attention”.
Source: IL Tempo
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