Last week, from 23,000 people the previous week, the number of people who went to the doctor with flu-like symptoms increased to 28,900, and another 249,700 people came to the doctor with symptoms of an acute respiratory infection, according to information from the National Center for Public Health and Pharmaceuticals (NNGYK).

Explaining the data, they wrote that in the 48th week, 26.5 percent of those who went to the doctor with flu-like symptoms were children under 14, 33.8 percent were young adults aged 15-34, and 28.3 percent belonged to the 35-59 age group. while 11.4 percent of patients were over 60 years old.

In the case of acute respiratory infections, 46.8 percent of the patients were children, 25.2 percent were young adults, 18.9 percent were between the ages of 35 and 59, and 9.1 percent were over 60, they said.

They also mentioned that 266 patients were admitted to the hospital due to severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) within the framework of the respiratory monitoring service, twenty-eight of whom received intensive care.

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In the 48th week, a report was received about the accumulation of acute respiratory diseases, in a nursery school in the Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, the absentee rate exceeded 30 percent, they said. Added:

the illnesses involved fever, cough and conjunctivitis.

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