Respiratory infections. Week 11 2024

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Diagnoses of COVID-19 and RSV have been steadily decreasing since the beginning of the year, but influenza is still in fairly constant circulation. The vast majority of diagnosed cases of influenza this winter have been of the influenza A.

The number of people admitted to Landspitali Hospital with respiratory viral infections has decreased since the beginning of the year. In the past few weeks, most of those who are hospitalized with a respiratory viral infection have had confirmed influenza.

Both measles and mumps have arrived in the country recently. So far this year there have been seven cases of mumps and one case of measles.

A vaccination campaign is ongoing at the health care center to reduce the impact of both incidents, primarily in the capital area.

The Chief Epidemiologist