The incidence of acute respiratory viral infections has increased by almost 50% in the Amur Region

Over the past week the incidence of acute respiratory viral infections (ARVI) increased by 49.9% in the Amur region. This is reported by PriamurMedia IA with reference to the regional department of Rospotrebnadzor.

The incidence of influenza increased by 2.2 times, 11 cases of the disease were detected. The number of patients with out-of-hospital pneumonia increased by 52.1%.

At the same time, specialists record a decrease in the incidence of acute intestinal infections by 13.1%, and enterovirus infections - by 40%. Children under the age of two are mostly sick.

In the Lipetsk region the growth of morbidity for the past week amounted to 36.5%. 60.1% of the population was vaccinated against influenza.