hospitalizations have reached an unprecedented level “for more than ten years”, announces Public Health France

The bronchiolitis epidemic has continued to progress in recent days in France despite a shift linked to school holidays, with visits to the emergency room and hospitalizations at unprecedented levels. “for more than 10 years”underlined the French public health agency (SPF), Wednesday, November 9.

Noting a “continued increase” indicators “despite a shift in connection with the Toussaint school holidays”SPF pointed to “very high number of emergency room visits and hospitalizations for bronchiolitis and at levels higher than those observed at epidemic peaks for more than 10 years”in its weekly report.