The incidence of influenza and SARS in the Novgorod region decreased by 7.8%

In the Novgorod region in the week from 5 to 12 October fell ill with influenza and SARS 3162 Novgorod. The incidence rate was 55.33 per ten thousand population, which is 7.8% lower than in the previous week, the press service of the Rospotrebnadzor Office for the Novgorod region reported.

Children from three to six years old were ill last week by 6.1% less than in the previous week. In schoolchildren aged seven to fourteen years, the incidence decreased by 11.7%, and in adults older than 15 years - by 7.6%.

Laboratories found viruses of non-influenza etiology in the materials obtained from patients - they were the majority. Most often there were pathogens of parainfluenza, as well as adenoviruses and rhinoviruses.

On October 9, more than 41 thousand residents of our region, including more than seven thousand children, were vaccinated against the flu.