Rospotrebnadzor: In Russia, the Children's Epidemic began

Rospotrebnadzor announced on Tuesday, citing data from the World Health Organization, that the epidemic threshold of incidence of influenza and acute respiratory viral infections (SARS) among residents of all ages was exceeded in six Russian cities.

At the same time, in 18 cities, epidemios among babies under two years old were exceeded, in 15 cities - among children 3-6 years old, in 14 cities the epidemiological porn was exceeded among schoolchildren. Among these cities: Astrakhan, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Irkutsk and Novosibirsk, ITAR-TASS reports.

The most difficult situation was in Chelyabinsk. There, the epidemic among residents of all ages is exceeded by 24.3%. In addition, this is the only city where excess was noted among residents over 15 years - by 25.5%. In other cities among Russians over 15 years, the incidence is lower than epidemic thresholds.

Recall that in many cities of Russia, including in Chelyabinsk , vaccination "flu" was suspended - flu vaccine. This was done due to the fact that after its use, multiple cases of a strong allergic reaction among adolescents were registered.

The vaccination campaign of the GriPPO Antiglicks Vaccine was deployed as part of one of the priority national projects "Health".

According to information received in WHO from 37 countries, the influenza epidemic also develops in North America. So, in the United States, widespread outbreaks are registered in 5 states, regional and local - in 11 and 15 states, and the epidemiological press exceeded for 4 weeks.

In Europe, only sporadic incidence has been registered. The regional outbreak was awarded in Scotland, local are registered in France and Norway.