Over the past week in the region:

Confirmation of an increase in SOS Médecins consultations and emergency room visits for bronchiolitis in infants under 2 years of age, reaching the alert threshold. As is the case every year following the All Saints’ Day school break, the spread of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) will intensify, leading to an outbreak of bronchiolitis among infants that is expected to occur earlier this year.