At least now «the peak ofinfluenza has been passed”: it happened in the last week of 2023, “but the flu season is far from over. THE virus they will keep us company at least until mid-February.” And if so far flu-like syndromes have affected over 6.7 million Italians, of which over 1 million from 1 to 7 January 2024, before “archiving” what many have defined as “the worst flu of the last 15 years” we should expect “more or less as many infections as those recorded so far”. All things considered, therefore, “we will arrive at a total of 14-15 million cases”. As Fabrizio Pregliascovirologist at the State University of Milan and medical director of the Irccs Galeazzi-Sant’Ambrogio hospital in the Lombardy capital, takes stock of the future trend of the influenza epidemic and other respiratory infections for beraking latest news Health, after yesterday the RespiVirNet bulletin of the Higher Institute of Health has put in black and white the fact that the peak incidence has been overcome.
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«The significant reduction in the incidence in the younger age group, which is the one that contributes mostly to the number of flu-like cases in absolute terms – confirms Pregliasco – makes us think, barring any delays in reporting, that actually the peak has been reached. However, we must consider that the epidemic draws a “bell-shaped” curve, so in fact when we are at the peak we are only halfway done and therefore we will have a curve that will go down, but with a still high quantity of cases in the near future ». In short, “it’s not over”, warns the expert, and the recommendation for vaccination is “right, albeit late”.
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