VENICE-The 2014-2015 influenza epidemic in Veneto is entering its peak phase and is quite aggressive: to date, monitored over the last week (December 29-January 4) its incidence (86.8 sick for ten thousand inhabitants, approximately 43 thousand people) was four times greater than that of the same period of the previous four seasons (which was recorded at about 21 cases out of ten thousand inhabitants). The data is contained in the last report prepared and released by The public health promotion and development in the region. ' These days ? stresses the assessor Luca Coletto-health our health facilities are facing some sort of stress test, because the influx is remarkable and hospitals have risen even severe cases requiring hospitalization and, in many situations, treatment with Ecmo therapy. It's basically a waiting-for-Coletto said the characteristics of the virus this year, and the decline in vaccinations following the outcry provoked by the story of lots of Fluad seized by the Aifa. Veneto the healthcare system is facing with the maximum effort '. The last Venetian monitoring does record from the beginning of the epidemic two deaths and 34 serious cases, of which none is to be vaccinated. 28 of these are carriers of serious pathology. In the first week of 2015 the age group most affected is that of children from zero to 4 years, with an incidence of 327.9 per 10,000 inhabitants (75.6 per ten thousand of the counter last week 2014). In the age group 5-14 years the incidence is high but essentially stable, while between 15 and 64 years has gone from ten thousand to 38.2 over 76.5 on 10,000 last week.
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