Across the Czech Republic, the number of patients with influenza has reached epidemic levels.\u00a0Patients are growing in all regions.\u00a0The highest proportion of patients is Libereck\u00fd, Jiho\u010desk\u00fd, Jihomoravsk\u00fd, St\u0159edo\u010desk\u00fd and \u00dasteck\u00fd kraj.\u00a0There are 1,722 patients on the entire territory of the Republic, according to the Ministry of Health.<\/p>\n
Compared to last week, the number of patients grew by 18 percent.\u00a0Some hospitals and retirement homes banned visits.<\/p>\n
Data are reported by doctors to regional hygienists, patients who have not come to the surgery, there may be more.\u00a0The epidemic is spoken when the number of patients ranges between 1,600 and 1,800 patients per 100,000 people.<\/p>\n
“The latest data prepared by the State Institute of Health confirm that it is a large-scale epidemic of influenza throughout the Czech Republic.\u00a0Both types of viruses with a higher rate of influenza B are circulating, “said Chief Hygienist Eva Gottvald.\u00a0She added that ten people died in this year’s flu season, with 57 patients having severe symptoms in hospitals.\u00a0What is the situation compared to the past years, according to the chief hygienist, is clear after the epidemic is over.\u00a0It usually takes about six weeks.<\/p>\n
Hygienists recommend that people avoid larger groups of people and adhere to basic rules such as handkerchief or hand washing after mass transit.\u00a0“To boost immunity, it is advisable to consume enough fruit and vegetables as natural sources of vitamins,” Gottvald said.<\/p>\n
There is also a vaccination that is most appropriate in October and November.\u00a0According to experts, it is now too late for them and the vaccine does not protect against the epidemic because it can not produce antibodies.\u00a0“It takes about two weeks to create antibodies.\u00a0Vaccinations now do not have to help, but they can, “says the chief hygienist.<\/p>\n
For the elderly over 65 and other selected groups, vaccination is covered by public health insurance but must be repeated every season.\u00a0The effectiveness of the vaccine is about 60 percent because it only affects some strains of influenza.\u00a0But it reduces the risk of serious complications.<\/p>\n
About five to seven per cent of Czechs are ingested, 20 to 30 per cent in the elderly.\u00a0The European Commission recommends that up to 75 percent of seniors and risky populations, including health professionals and doctors, be vaccinated.<\/p>\n
In the\u00a0Liberec region<\/b>, sickness increased by 21.1 percent last week, with 2151 patients with acute respiratory infections per 100,000.\u00a0Influenza B virus prevails with more mild symptoms.<\/p>\n
In the\u00a0South Bohemian Region the<\/b>epidemic continues for the second week, with the hygienists recording 1981 patients per 100,000 inhabitants.\u00a0The most affected category is people over 60 years old.\u00a0“They are people who suffer from other illnesses as well, and their course can be serious,” said Jitka Lu\u0148\u00e1\u010dkov\u00e1 of the district health center in \u010cesk\u00e9 Bud\u011bjovice.\u00a0Since the beginning of the year, South African doctors have reported nine major cases of influenza.\u00a0Three of these nine died.<\/p>\n
South Moravian Region<\/b>has 1,960 patients per 100,000 inhabitants, 1750 patients a week ago.\u00a0The flu is so sporadic, the head of the anti-epidemic department of the South Moravian Hygienic Station Renata Ciupek said.<\/p>\n
In\u00a0Central Bohemia,<\/b>sickness increased by more than a fifth to 1,837 cases per 100,000 people.\u00a0Hygienists have recorded 13 cases of severe flu in the Central Bohemian region, of which two people have already died.<\/p>\n
In the\u00a0\u00dast\u00ed Region<\/b>, five out of seven districts of the region crossed the epidemic border.\u00a0Below the border remains Mostecko and \u00dastecko.\u00a0In the region there are 1730 patients per 100,000 inhabitants.\u00a0The most ill are traditionally among preschoolers, schoolchildren and youth.\u00a0Almost all cases are acute respiratory illnesses.\u00a0Physicians have also experienced typical flu, but are no complications.<\/p>\n
In the\u00a0Pardubice region<\/b>, sickness jumped nearly a third compared to last week.\u00a0There are 1593 patients per 100,000 inhabitants in the region.\u00a0The districts of Chrudim and \u00dast\u00ed nad Orlic\u00ed are most affected, where the values \u200b\u200bare considerably higher, Olga H\u00e9grov\u00e1, head of the anti-epidemic department of the Regional Hygienic Station in Pardubice, said.<\/p>\n
In the\u00a0Moravian-Silesian region,<\/b>sickness increased by more than a tenth.\u00a0There are 1,757 people with acute respiratory illnesses per 100,000 inhabitants.\u00a0The most sick are in Opava, Ostravsko and Fr\u00fddek-M\u00edstek where the increase was 68.3% against last week.<\/p>\n
At the beginning of the epidemic is the\u00a0Zl\u00edn Region<\/b>, where 1687 patients out of 100 000 inhabitants are now.\u00a0Illness increased over the past week by 16 percent, with flu by 137 percent.<\/p>\n
The borders of the epidemic have not yet crossed the three counties.\u00a0In the Karlovy Vary Region there is a relative morbidity of 1201 patients per 100,000 inhabitants, in the Plze\u0148sk\u00fd Region 1273 patients per 100,000 people.\u00a0In the Hradec Kr\u00e1lov\u00e9 Region, the hygiene of 1,414 patients per 100,000 people is registered.<\/p>\n
Last year the flu epidemic came, the most ill being from the beginning of the year to mid-February.\u00a0In connection with the flu, more than 300 people died in the hospital and 108 of them died.\u00a0The vast majority were patients who had a chronic illness, most commonly a cardiovascular system.\u00a0Among them, they were over 60 years old.<\/p>\n
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