Health | Bronchiolitis, Covid, flu, the triple epidemic is progressing in the Vaucluse

Are we heading towards disrupted end-of-year celebrations? After two years of pandemic, winter viruses have made a comeback in significant proportions in recent weeks. Something to worry about, especially since the Covid figures are also on the rise in the department. From 266 cases per 100,000 inhabitants on November 11, the incidence rate rose to 667 on November 26 and then to 853 at the start of the week. All with a booster vaccination rate, much lower than last winter. Between bronchiolitis, Covid-19 and the flu, “the situation is tense”, according to Pierre Pinzelli, director of the Avignon hospital centers and Cavaillon. Level 1 of the white plan was triggered at the end of November in hospitals in the region. This Monday, 100% of the beds in pé