CCTV News: On February 17, the National Health Commission held a press conference to introduce the seasonal solar terms and health. A reporter asked: Media reports that influenza viruses in some countries and regions have been still at a high level recently. What is the current monitoring of respiratory infectious diseases such as influenza in my country? Is this year's flu season over? Is there still a need to get a flu vaccine?
Peng Zhibin, a researcher at the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that according to the current monitoring results, the epidemic of acute respiratory infectious diseases in my country continues to be on a downward trend. Among them, influenza virus is the main pathogen that causes recent acute respiratory infectious diseases. my country is still in the seasonal epidemic period of influenza, but the epidemic intensity generally tends to decline. In addition, there are actually differences in influenza activity levels in northern and southern provinces. The monitoring results in the 6th week indicate that the south is higher than the north. The positive rate of other pathogens, such as Mycoplasma pneumoniae and other respiratory viruses that everyone is more concerned about in the early stage, is showing a continuous decline. The positive rate of the new coronavirus is also at a relatively low level. Regarding influenza vaccine, after influenza vaccination, it can provide some protection throughout the epidemic season. After receiving the influenza vaccine, it can reduce the risk of influenza virus infection, and it can also reduce the severity of symptoms after influenza virus infection. In addition, the occurrence of complications can be reduced. At the same time, according to monitoring data, my country is still in the influenza epidemic season, and people who have not received the influenza vaccine this year can still be vaccinated.
