Despite spring-like temperatures, the flu season in Austria is not over yet. 12,500 new infections were reported from Vienna in the past week. Cases in the federal capital have risen slightly since mid-January.
The first wave was caused by the influenza A virus, said virologist Monika Redlberger-Fritz. Then there was a second one, caused by the influenza B virus. “As a rule, these influenza A and influenza B waves overlap a bit,” Redlberger-Fritz of MedUni Vienna’s Center for Virology said Wednesday. The peak of the waves was in December with almost 34,000 infections. Thereafter, the numbers fell steadily until about mid-January (see graph).
Exact ending not yet foreseeable
Infections in Vienna rose again, especially in March. In the past week, 12,500 new infections were reported. The exact end of the 2022/23 flu season cannot yet be foreseen. The virologist expects it to take ‘certainly’ another two or three weeks. The good news is that the vaccine “matched the circulating viruses very well this year and continues to do so.”
As reported, the rate of absenteeism in the country is currently on the rise. In addition to flu, respiratory infections and Covid-19 diseases also contribute to this. There have been no flu waves in the past two winters, the reason would have been the corona measures.
Source: Krone
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