In Kiev, a decrease in the incidence of influenza and SARS by 9.5%. About this on Tuesday, January 9, said the first deputy head of the Kyiv City State Administration Nikolai Povoroznik, the press service of the KSCA. It is noted that for 1 week of the epidemic season in 2018 the incidence rate was 454.7, which is below the epidemic threshold by 42.8%. "Compared with the previous week, there has been a decrease in the incidence rate due to the child population, but there has been a slight increase in the adult population. In general, adults were sick 4369 against 4288 for 52 weeks, an increase of 2.3%; children - 8935 against 10 285, a decrease of 15.1%. In the structure of morbidity, children make up 67.2%, in the previous week - 70.6%. Among schoolchildren there is a decrease in the incidence rate by 19.6% - 2657 cases, which is 29.7% of the total number of children who fell ill and 20.0% of the total number of people who applied for medical help, "the official said..

According to him, 208 people were hospitalized in the city's health facilities in 1 week of 2018, 154 of them. "For the current week in vaccination rooms of private clinics and public health institutions vaccination against influenza was covered 203 people, since the beginning of the epidemic season - 25 thousand. 239 people, including 6227 children, "said Povoroznik. Recall that in the period from December 18 to December 24, the incidence of influenza and ARVI in Ukraine decreased by 5%.

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