The 2024 Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games in the Île-de-France region. Update as of August 6, 2024.

Key Points

Olympic and Paralympic Games

  • Hospital Emergency Department Activity: The number of emergency department visits outside the AP-HP system remained stable. Note an increase in visits for heatstroke, fainting spells, asthma, and skin conditions. The number of hospitalizations remained stable at a moderate level.

  • SOS Médecins activity: The number of SOS Médecins calls remained stable at a low level, consistent with the summer vacation period. Note a moderate increase in the number of calls for migraines, headaches, and hyperthermia/heatstroke.

  • Activity of the Paris Fire Brigade (BSPP): The number of people treated decreased, except for alcohol poisoning and general symptoms.

Extreme heat, heat wave

  • All departments in the Île-de-France region are on green alert.

Dengue, chikungunya, Zika

  • 198 confirmed or probable cases of imported dengue fever investigated to date, compared to 104 during the same period in 2023. A first atypical case of chikungunya has been classified as locally acquired in Île-de-France, as it meets the definition criteria. There is no link to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Measles

  • Since the beginning of 2024, the Île-de-France region has been experiencing a measles outbreak. The number of reported cases over the past two weeks is decreasing. However, confirmation of this decrease will only be possible after a certain period of data consolidation.

Whooping Cough

  • There has been a significant increase in visits to SOS Médecins and emergency rooms for whooping cough since the start of the second quarter of 2024 in the Île-de-France region.

COVID-19

  • Decrease in indicators of outpatient and emergency department visits in the Île-de-France region

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