SOS Médecins National Newsletter, March 9, 2020

Summary

In Week 10 (March 2–8, 2020), the final week of school vacation, activity continues to decline among children under 2 years of age and remains stable in other age groups.

Among seasonal and non-specific indicators, there was an increase in visits for isolated fever among adults aged 15–74 (+17%, or 53 visits), vomiting among children under 2 (+9%), and gastroenteritis among children over 2 and adults under 75 (+9%, or 406 visits). Furthermore, a slight increase in cases of asthma (+7%, or 54 cases) was observed among 2- to 14-year-olds and 15- to 74-year-olds.
Regarding influenza activity in mainland France, it is declining in 7 regions and stable in the other 6. Corsica has entered the post-epidemic phase.

Among other indicators, there has been an increase in cases for
:- abdominal pain (+30%), trauma (+25%), and viral syndrome (+13%) among children;
- trauma (+16%) and deterioration in general health (+13%) among those aged 75 and older.

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