Mary Wilson
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11:47, 10 JAN 2025
UPDATED13:03, 10 JAN 2025
By Conor Gogarty Investigations editor
... Wales and the rest of the UK are dealing with three different flu viruses, along with RSV — respiratory syncytial virus, a common cause of coughs and colds — and Covid-19. The large number of people being admitted has seen ambulances queued up outside hospitals unable to offload their patients due to beds being full. ...
A Public Health Wales report for the first week of 2025, ending January 5, states that flu season is "approaching peak levels". The agency describes influenza activity as being at "medium levels" but "increasing". Some 281 patients were hospitalised with flu in the seven days period Wales' total number of hospital inpatients with flu during that week was 628, and 45 of those were in critical care. That meant a rise from the previous week when 574 patients were in hospital with flu and 38 of them were in critical care. ...
Public Health Wales also reports 60 hospital admissions for RSV — respiratory syncytial virus, a common cause of coughs and colds — during the week, along with 33 admissions for Covid-19. Of the total 164 people in hospital for RSV, five were in critical care, and of the 176 in hospital for Covid-19, one was in critical care.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/flu-approaching-peak-levels-wales-30750787
UPDATED13:03, 10 JAN 2025
By Conor Gogarty Investigations editor
... Wales and the rest of the UK are dealing with three different flu viruses, along with RSV — respiratory syncytial virus, a common cause of coughs and colds — and Covid-19. The large number of people being admitted has seen ambulances queued up outside hospitals unable to offload their patients due to beds being full. ...
A Public Health Wales report for the first week of 2025, ending January 5, states that flu season is "approaching peak levels". The agency describes influenza activity as being at "medium levels" but "increasing". Some 281 patients were hospitalised with flu in the seven days period Wales' total number of hospital inpatients with flu during that week was 628, and 45 of those were in critical care. That meant a rise from the previous week when 574 patients were in hospital with flu and 38 of them were in critical care. ...
Public Health Wales also reports 60 hospital admissions for RSV — respiratory syncytial virus, a common cause of coughs and colds — during the week, along with 33 admissions for Covid-19. Of the total 164 people in hospital for RSV, five were in critical care, and of the 176 in hospital for Covid-19, one was in critical care.
https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/flu-approaching-peak-levels-wales-30750787