For increased dispersion flu in Greece in the last few weeks, much earlier than usual, spoke today EODI with the statement he made urging citizens to be careful.

Influenza is known to have seasonal fluctuations with a gradual increase in the spread of the virus from October to March, while in the summer months it reaches very low levels.

Talking to the “K”, oh Dimitris Paraskevis, Vice President of EODY and Deputy Professor of the Department of Epidemiology – Preventive Medicine, in principle, notes that so far we are not talking about many cases in our country. However, next week EODY will release a statement detailing and quantifying the course of influenza at this stage..

“The cases are in younger people, i.e. younger than 30 years old, and their disease is mild,” notes Mr. Paraskevis and continues: “Currently, frequent testing for coronavirus has also led to flu testing for some time when covid-19 is ruled out. There is now a culture of broad surveillance for respiratory tract diseases. That’s how we started detecting the flu.”

When asked why there is an increase in the incidence in this pre-epidemic period, Mr. Paraskevis answered the following: “Low immunity against influenza and intense crowding in popular tourist places have led to an increase in the incidence in our country.”

Australia and its tight lockdown are sending the flu to Europe

OUR Ghikas Mallorca, member of the committee of experts on the fight against coronavirus in our country and professor of hygiene and epidemiology, further explained to us how this mechanism “worked”. “This year in Australia, the flu appeared two months earlier. From there, and due to intense summer mobility, it began to spread to the rest of the world.

One of the reasons it started earlier in Australia, where winter coincides with our summer, is that there, as elsewhere in the world, people’s immunity to influenza has dropped dramatically over the past two years.

And he fell because lockdowns and lengthy security measures almost eliminated his presence. It should be noted here that Australia has imposed very strict restrictions due to the coronavirus for almost two years.