Respiratory infections. Week 10 2024

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Diagnoses of COVID-19 and RSV have steadily decreased since the beginning of the year, but influenza is still circulating. Most diagnosed cases of influenza this winter have been of the influenza A strain.

The number of people admitted to Landspítali with respiratory viral infections has decreased since the beginning of the year. No one was hospitalised with COVID-19 in the last two weeks.

Recently, both measles and mumps have been diagnosed in Iceland. So far, seven cases of mumps and one case of measles have been diagnosed this year. A vaccination campaign is ongoing at the primary health care to reduce the impact of both diseases, primarily in the capital area.

A new summary reviews the incidence of respiratory infections in week 10 of 2024 in more detail.

The Chief Epidemiologist