Health Alerts

This week the influenza round up describes a gradual increase in case reporting with group A viruses responsible for 78% of confirmed infections. Israel was the only jurisdiction to report high activity in FluNewsEurope, while medium levels were seen in Latvia, Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia, Georgia, Albania, North Macedonia and Greece. The ECDC report also advised that ‘Circulating viruses remain susceptible to the neuraminidase inhibitors’. While in the USA, the CDC reported moderate to high levels of influenza-like illness in all but nine states (Alaska, Delaware, Indiana, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio and Idaho) – testing has seen two flu viruses detected at similar rates - B/Victoria and A/H1N1pdm09. Read more.