Residents of Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, have been ordered to stay at home from Wednesday to Sunday and must submit to multiple temperature readings each day, Seoul-based NK News reported. citing a government document. This text does not mention Covid-19, over which the dictatorship announced its victory in August 2022.But the North Korean government refers to the common cold as a new disease spreading in the capital. The Korean Peninsula is currently in the throes of what meteorologists describe...
health RKI reports further decline in respiratory diseases According to the RKI, the estimated rate of acute respiratory diseases has fallen further. photo © Susann Prautsch/dpa Before the end of the year, many people in Germany were lying flat with respiratory diseases, and some even had to go to the hospital. But the situation has apparently eased since then. After the above-average number of respiratory diseases a few weeks ago, people in Germany seem to be struggling less with it...
Status: 05.01.2023 10:57 a.m Worrying about the holidays was great. Medical practices and clinics were overwhelmed due to respiratory diseases. The number of cases has fallen since then, but is still high. The number of acute respiratory diseases in Germany fell at the end of the year. Despite the decline, however, the values are higher than those of previous years, as the Influenza Working Group at the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) writes in its weekly report. For the last week...
Health RKI: Decline in respiratory diseases at the end of the year Despite warm temperatures, an unusually large number of people are suffering from colds. photo © Susann Prautsch/dpa Is Germany spending Christmas in bed sick? Worrying about the holidays was great. However, the number of illnesses has fallen slightly - but is still high. Despite concerns about a particularly large number of cases of illness before and on the Christmas holidays, the number of acute respiratory diseases in Germany...
A city coughs and sniffles. Corona, the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in children and the influenza virus - three respiratory diseases ensure full waiting rooms for internists and paediatricians and numerous sick leave. The situation is also tense in hospitals and emergency rooms. Three viruses stir things up: But, and this is good news for all parents: the number of children suffering from the RS virus is slowly declining. As are the numbers of acute respiratory diseases (ARE).The health department...
Health RKI warns of acute respiratory infections The majority of all coronavirus infections in Germany are caused by the omicron line BA.5. photo ©Oliver Berg/dpa Doctors' offices are full of patients who have caught a respiratory infection. In order to curb the spread of the pathogen, the RKI advises people with symptoms to stay at home. The nationwide corona incidence was declining until the end of November, then the development reversed - rising values have been registered since the beginning...
Respiratory syncytial virus affects the upper and lower airways. It is the most common cause of respiratory infections, especially in premature babies, infants and small children. Since their immune system is not yet fully developed, severe courses occur again and again, in very rare cases even death. People with immunodeficiency or suppressed immune systems are also at risk. In healthy adolescents and adults, on the other hand, an RSV infection is usually harmless. Because RSV also occurs more frequently in...
Massive RSV infections threaten to overwhelm children's hospitals in particular. After years of development work, there is now some good news from vaccine research. source site
Robert Koch Institute Respiratory infections currently above the level of severe flu waves At the moment, many people are lying in bed recovering from the flu or a cold. © Erstudiostok / Getty Images Cough, runny nose, sore throat – many Germans are currently struggling with such symptoms. Some people need hospital treatment for respiratory infections. The Covid-19 numbers, on the other hand, remain stable. After two winters with fewer cold and flu viruses as a result of the corona...
Status: 09.12.2022 09:03 am More people are currently suffering from acute respiratory infections than at the height of previous flu outbreaks. According to the RKI, the number of hospital admissions also increased. A new corona wave is not recognizable. After two corona winters with fewer cold and flu viruses, an exceptionally large number of people in Germany are currently affected. The number of hospital admissions with severe acute respiratory infections is “overall at a high level, comparable to the range...
