Martinique has been affected by an influenza epidemic since January 31st. Three people hospitalized in intensive care died.
Martinique has been in the flu epidemic since January 31, 2020. Since then, the virus surveillance indicators on our island have been clearly increasing in city medicine and in hospitals. Since then, 3,185 consultations have been carried out for 222 visits by SOS Doctors and 8 visits to pediatric emergencies.
Five patients were hospitalized in intensive care. They have been confirmed with the A (H1N1) pdm09 virus. Unfortunately, three of them died. Public Health France Antilles indicates in its last epidemiological bulletin that the flu epidemic is in ascending phase. She recalls that vaccination is recommended for frail people and health professionals. The vaccination campaign has been extended and ends on February 29.
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