Russia (bbabo.net), - In the first week of the new year, the incidence of influenza and acute respiratory viral infections (ARVI) in Russia decreased compared to the previous final week of 2021, this was due to school holidays and a non-working New Year decade in adults , reported today in Rospotrebnadzor.

The number of regions where the epidemiological threshold for respiratory infections has been exceeded has also decreased to 20.

"Exceeding the weekly thresholds for the incidence of influenza and ARVI is noted mainly due to the adult population and adolescents," the ministry said in a statement.

At the same time, there are quite a few cases of influenza in this epidemic season (unlike last year): the share of influenza viruses in the total structure of positive findings of respiratory viruses was 57.6%.

At the same time, the vaccination campaign against influenza has been completed - 68.1 million people were vaccinated against influenza, which is 46.6% of the country's population.

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