2023-09-21 15:04:39
As the fall and winter approaches, “we expect a resurgence of seasonal influenza and respiratory syncytial virus.” This is the picture presented by Andrea Ammon, director of the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), in a press conference with Emer Cooke, executive director of the European Medicines Agency EMA. At the same time, “we also observe an increase in the transmission of Sars-CoV-2 in the EU/European Economic Area and expect that ‘respiratory’ viruses will co-circulate in the coming months”. This co-circulation “will put vulnerable people at risk of serious illness and death, with increased pressure on healthcare.” “It is difficult to predict exactly when the circulation of respiratory viruses will increase or peak,” Ammon added.
As for the increase in Covid cases, “it is probably due to the increase in travel and large summer gatherings – highlighted the number one of the ECDC – and to the decline in immunity after a long period of low circulation of the virus”.
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