- During the Easter weekend, 23 cases of influenza were reported, compared with 15 covid cases during the same period.
It is remarkable that it is children and young people up to the age of 19 who are most affected, says deputy infection control doctor Staffan Sylvan in a press release from Region Kalmar.
The explanation for why influenza falls are increasing can be found in the fact that the disease has not circulated in society during the pandemic as healthy as it usually is, according to the region.
Children and adolescents therefore lack immunity to the flu.
However, the possibility of getting tested for influenza is limited in the region, and therefore the number of cases in the dark may be higher than reported.
- Stay at home for disease symptoms regardless of whether it is covid-19, flu or other illness.
According to the Infection Control Act, we all have a duty of protection not to pass on the infection, especially to the most vulnerable, says Staffan Sylvan.