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PRAGUE, February 1 (WebNoviny.sk) – The number of respiratory diseases in the Czech Republic has already crossed the border of the epidemic. There are 1,715 cases per 100,000 patients, with an epidemic border of 1,500 cases.
Influenza virus type A
Over the past week, the number of patients has increased by almost a fifth. This was announced Friday by Czech chief hygienist Eva Gottvald. Last week, a morbidity of 1,447 patients per 100,000 was sick.
"The latest data produced by the National Institute of Health confirm that a large-scale influenza epidemic is raging throughout the Czech Republic, mainly influenza A virus in circulation," Gottvald said.
The epidemic does not come from Germany or Austria
The highest morbidity has been reported in the regions of Plzen, Liberec, South Moravia and Moravia-Silesia. During the last severe flu season 2017/2018, more than 660 people died at the hospital, of which about 260 died from influenza.
At present, Germany, Austria and Poland, as well as other European countries where influenza A (A / H1N1) is prevalent, are at the stage of the world. 39, influenza epidemic. The A / H3N2 virus is also circulating in Turkey, Ukraine and Uzbekistan, News.cz informs. The original article comes from www.novinky.cz.
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