Key Points

• In Week 12 (March 20–26, 2023), SOS Médecins activity remained stable across all age groups.

• Three weeks after the start of the school year following winter break, there has been an increase in certain respiratory conditions, such as upper respiratory tract infections among those aged 75 and older (+16%, or +35 cases) and asthma attacks among children aged 2–14 (+15%, or +53 cases). Cases involving suspected COVID-19 continued to rise among children under 2 years old (+9%), those aged 15–74 (+20%), and those aged 75 and older (+23%) for the third consecutive week, though the increase was slightly less pronounced than in the previous two weeks.

• Among other conditions, the increase continues to affect children primarily, with rises among children under 2 for viral syndrome (+50%, or +56 visits) and diarrhea (+27%, or +25 visits), and for allergies (+13%, or +53 visits) among 2- to 14-year-olds. Among adults, an increase was observed only for urinary tract infections (+8%, or +156 visits), and among those aged 75 and older, for isolated fever (+23%, or +14 visits), heart failure (+15%, or +22 visits), and vomiting (+24%, or +9 visits).

• Finally, an increase in visits for conjunctivitis was noted among both children and adults, remaining at a high level, with a 21% increase (+155 visits) among 2- to 14-year-olds and, to a lesser extent, increases of 10% among children under 2 (+25 visits) and 6% among 15- to 74-year-olds (+35 cases). Finally, there was an increase in scarlet fever among the 15–74 age group, albeit from a low baseline (+14%).