The flu epidemic continues to decline in France but eight regions are still in the epidemic phase

In a weekly review, Public Health France announced that the past week has seen a “decrease in the majority of influenza indicators” in a city. Of the 13 mainland regions, eight remain considered to be in the epidemic phase.

The epidemic, on the other hand, seems able to end in Corsica, Île-de-France, Occitanie and, as in recent weeks, in Normandy and Hauts-de-France.. In Overseas, on the other hand, as in the Antilles and Mayotte, the flu continues to climb, this is the case in the Antilles and Mayotte.

17 weeks of flu epidemic this year

This season, the flu epidemic started rather early and continued for many months. Despite declining in early 2023, it was revived by a different strain of the virus.

“The 2022-23 epidemic (is coming out of) its 17th week, longer than the average duration of epidemics from 2010 to 2022 – 11 weeks – and the longest reached during this period”underlined Public Health France.