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All metropolitan areas are affected by the maximum alert level for bronchiolitis.
In Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme) pediatric emergencies are under pressure. This creates anxiety for the parents. “I wasn’t sure when I arrived, I was afraid there was no space”confides Emmanuelle Michy, mother of a child. Bronchiolitis is now in an epidemic phase throughout the territory.
Public Health France has revealed alarming data: last week, 6,167 children under two went to the emergency room for bronchiolitis. That’s 49% more than the previous week. A third was eventually hospitalized. Contamination levels already higher than those of the epidemic peaks of the previous three years. To cope, the Minister of Health, François Braun, announced an additional 400 million euros for the hospital, already weakened by the lack of caregivers and years of reduction from balance.
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