Key Developments

• As in mainland France, flu activity has been declining in Alsace for the past three weeks. According to data from the SOS Médecins associations in Strasbourg and Mulhouse, the epidemic peak appears to have been reached in week 8 for the region.

• The virus circulating this season is predominantly type A(H3N2) and is antigenically different from the vaccine strain.

• Bronchiolitis activity continues to decline in the Alsace region.

• Gastroenteritis activity continues in the region.