Key Points

• In week 35 (August 26–September 1, 2024), activity at SOS Médecins clinics increased among 2- to 14-year-olds (+14%, or +1,861 visits) and remained stable in other age groups.

• In this final week before the start of the school year, there was an increase in cases involving respiratory conditions such as asthma attacks among 2- to 14-year-olds and 15- to 74-year-olds (+18% and +10%, or +34 and +41 cases), bronchitis among 2- to 14-year-olds and adults (+13% and +8%, or +55 and +143 cases), suspected COVID-19 infection among those aged 75 and older (+28%, or +30 cases), as well as cases of upper respiratory tract conditions among children under 15 (+15%, or +985 cases).

• Whooping cough, after a week of decline across all age groups, is on the rise again among children under 2 and adults (+17% and +24%, or +4 and +55 procedures).

• Outside of respiratory conditions, there was an increase in procedures:

  • in children for allergies (+22%, or +80 visits), isolated fever (+9%, or +55 visits) and among 2- to 14-year-olds for skin conditions and impetigo (+32% and +21%, or +82 and +79 visits), gastroenteritis (+19%, or +186 visits), and trauma (+22%, or +96 visits);

  • among adults for malaise (+32%, or +54 visits) and among those aged 75 and older for dehydration (+24%, or +12 visits).