Number of Flu Cases Up By 10% in South Moravia Since Last Week
In the 5th week of 2019, incidence of acute respiratory infections and influenza rose to 1,918 per 100,000 inhabitants in the South Moravian Region, an increase of 10% compared to the previous week. Photo credit: Pexels.
Brno, Feb 1 (BD) – Incidence was highest in the Brno-City, Brno-Outer, and Hodonin Districts, where it was around 2,000 per 100,000 inhabitants. The highest number of cases were found among pre-school children and young adults, which is typical for an emerging flu epidemic.
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The South Moravian Regional Hygiene Office releases updates on the occurrence of Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI) across the region every Friday. The figures are based on reports from 186 General Practitioners for adults and 106 General Practitioners for children across the South Moravian Region, who together have almost 427,000 patients.
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https://brnodaily.com/2019/02/01/news/number-of-flu-cases-up-by-10-in-south-moravia-since-last-week/https://brnodaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/abdomen-alone-casual-1415554.jpghttps://brnodaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/abdomen-alone-casual-1415554-150x103.jpgCzech Republic / WorldBrno,Health,News,South MoraviaIn the 5th week of 2019, incidence of acute respiratory infections and influenza rose to 1,918 per 100,000 inhabitants in the South Moravian Region, an increase of 10% compared to the previous week. Photo credit: Pexels. Brno, Feb 1 (BD) – Incidence was highest in the Brno-City, Brno-Outer, and Hodonin Districts, where...Jack Stephens jack.stephens50@gmail.comAuthorA writer and English teacher originally from London who has lived in Brno since 2011, interested in politics, low culture, and all things strange and/or Czech.Brno Daily
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