In Tatarstan, the epidemiological threshold for influenza has been doubled

В Татарстане наблюдается рост числа заболевших ОРВИ и гриппом, сообщила на пресс-конференции в «Татар-информе» заместитель главного санитарного врача РТ Любовь Авдонина.

«За 50 неделю суммарно зарегистрировано 40 759 случаев гриппа и ОРВИ, в том числе на грипп приходится 413 случаев. Это выше предыдущей недели на 41% и выше эпидемического порога в 2 раза», — сказала она. Неделей ранее был зафиксирован выявили 131 случай заболевания гриппом.

По словам Авдониной, такой рост связан с сезонным характером заболеваний. «Это сезонный подъем заболеваемости, он был ожидаем. Необходимо отметить, что в течение определенного времени – декабрь, а, возможно, в начале января мы будем находиться на таких довольно высоких цифрах», – сказала она.

The proportion of swine flu reaches 82%. Exceeding of indicators is noted in all age categories. “For two years, our population has not encountered influenza viruses and has somewhat lost its immunity, so this year this virus is more intense,” she explained.

Among the viruses of non-influenza theology, the first place is occupied by the RS virus (471 cases), the second is the rhinovirus, then the metapneumovirus. Avdonina noted that the latter has increased activity this year, it is dangerous mainly for small children and people over 65 years old. In fourth place is the parainfluenza virus.

There is also a slight increase in covid-19 . The number of cases this week increased by 15%. Avdonina noted that this figure does not cause concern.

“Testing the population against the new coronovirus infection is also ongoing. Let me remind you that we use both PCR tests and express diagnostics. In total, 7,286 people were tested per day. Today, testing coverage is 180 per 100,000 people in the last 7 days. In total, more than 8 million people have been tested since 2020,” she said.

Since December 15, restrictions have been introduced in Tatarstan due to SARS and influenza - the corresponding decree was signed by the HEAD of the Rospotrebnadzor department for the Republic of Tatarstan Marina Patyashina. In particular, in the medical institutions of the republic, a mask regime was introduced for staff. In addition, masks have become mandatory for employees of some enterprises, for example, KAMAZ, as well as employees of the executive committee of Naberezhnye Chelny, and so on.

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