Russian media said that the global flu epidemic is intensifying. The scale of the current influenza outbreak is shocking, but its statistics have not been taken seriously. In the United States alone, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that at least 22 million people were infected with influenza this winter, and 6.5438+0.2 million people died. There has been some uproar on social media: some netizens said that this year's vaccination seems to be ineffective, and people who have been vaccinated have also been infected.
According to the website of the Russian-Korean Youth Federation reported on February 7, Americans no longer pay attention to the new type of coronary pneumonia. This year, the country has not had an outbreak of influenza for many years. The current epidemic started from 20 19 to 10, and the number of patients is still increasing. According to the data of American disease surveillance agencies, this year's epidemic situation is mainly influenza B and influenza H 1N 1 (or swine flu). It is reported that the epidemic has spread from America to Europe. In France, from 20 19 1 1 to February this year, 26 people died of influenza, and the epidemic has spread throughout France. According to a briefing by the Public Health Bureau, since 20 165438 on October 4th, 2009, 3 1 1 cases of severe influenza have been confirmed, with an increase of 49 cases in the fifth week of this year alone. A total of 26 people died, including 3 children under 15, 65-64 years old children 12, and children under 65 years old1person.
The report also said that this rotation epidemic has not yet formed a full-scale outbreak in Moscow, but in other parts of Russia, many schools were closed due to influenza outbreaks. Most of the influenza in Moscow is influenza B, and the number of cases this week has increased by 14.3% compared with last week. Some netizens revealed on social networking sites that some schools in Moscow have been isolated, but the whole school has not been closed. An infectious disease expert in Moscow said that influenza vaccine can only prevent influenza, not other respiratory diseases. It's too late now. In addition to influenza virus, there are about 200 kinds of respiratory diseases viruses that cause clinical symptoms, which are very similar to influenza. In any case, in order to prevent influenza and other respiratory diseases, you should avoid taking part in group activities, wash your hands and nose frequently. The last measure is very simple and effective. It can clean bacteria invading human body and prevent them from taking root and sprouting in human body. Infected people should wear masks when traveling to avoid the spread of the virus.