29th February 2024
29th February 2024
Respiratory infections. Week 8 2024
The new summary examines the incidence of respiratory infections and hospitalizations due to them and compares the situation in Iceland with the situation in Europe.
Diagnoses of COVID-19 and RSV have been steadily decreasing since the beginning of the year, but influenza is still circulating. The vast majority of diagnosed cases of influenza this winter have, so far, been of the influenza A.
The number of in-patients with respiratory viral infections at Landspitali Hospital has decreased since the beginning of the year.
Both measles and mumps have arrived in the country recently. Further spread from these cases is not yet known. A vaccination campaign is ongoing at the health care center to reduce the impact of both incidents, primarily in the capital area.
In a new summary (Icelandic), the incidence of respiratory diseases in week 8 of 2024 is reviewed in more detail.
The Chief Epidemiologist