2024-08-17
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(Reporter Yang Xiaolu from People's Daily Health Client) The latest national epidemic situation overview of statutory infectious diseases released by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the number of influenza cases in June this year was 314,709. Reporter Yang Xiaolu from People's Daily Health Client found that the number of influenza cases increased nearly four times compared with the same period last year (65,289 cases).
"Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the seasonal pattern of influenza has become less obvious. While preventing and controlling the COVID-19 pandemic, we have also blocked the spread of other infectious diseases. The susceptibility of the population to different viruses has also changed. It is difficult to use previous patterns to determine when this year's influenza season will arrive." On August 17, the School of Public Health and Emergency Management of Southern University of Science and TechnologyEpidemiologyProfessor Wei Sheng told the People's Daily Health Client reporter.
Song Jing, director of the second district of the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine at the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of South China University of Technology, also told reporters that there were relatively many influenza patients seen in June and July this year. The influenza epidemic is coming to an end recently, and the number of new coronavirus patients has increased. The seasonal characteristics of influenza have not been obvious in the past two years. Even in the summer, when it is not the influenza season, large-scale influenza occasionally occurs.
In response to the new characteristics of influenza, the reporter of People's Daily Health Client noticed that many communities in Liaoning, Anhui, Zhejiang, Shandong and other places have also purchased influenza vaccines in advance to prevent sudden influenza attacks. "Currently, community hospitals have influenza vaccines in stock, and many people have come for vaccination recently. From Monday to Thursday, you can go directly to the community hospital for vaccination without making an appointment." A staff member of Zhongshan Guilin Community Health Service Center in Dalian, Liaoning told reporters.
Many doctors also said that the hospital has made full preparations for the flu season that may come at any time. "Whenever there is a large-scale flu outbreak, the respiratory department is often overcrowded. Our hospital has been promoting one bed per hospital, temporarily diverting patients to other departments with unfilled beds, and the respiratory doctors will manage them uniformly," Song Jing introduced.
"During the peak period of influenza, our pediatric department will increase the number of emergency doctors based on the conditions of the children, and extend the working hours of general and specialist clinics to ensure that the children receive timely treatment." Hou Wei, deputy director of the Children's Hospital and director of the respiratory department of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, said that timely influenza vaccination is still the most effective way to reduce the chance of influenza and the occurrence of severe illness.