In Moscow, a growing incidence of influenza and ARI

10:26 / / 04.02.2009
After a small downturn in the New Year holidays winter flu and ARI morbidity in Moscow once again began to increase, from 19 to 25 January that doctors had diagnosed 59,8 thousand people. Thus, the notes said, a week incidence of influenza and ARI has increased by nearly a thousand people. The majority of cases - 32.8 thousand - are children.

In the city hospital with influenza were hospitalized 619 people, including 508 children. Morbidity Moscow below the estimated level of epidemic in 40,9%. Proportion of patients influenza on clinical diagnosis, was 0.5%. In Rospotrebnadzor note that the incidence of influenza and other acute respiratory viral infections below the corresponding period last year to 5,6%.