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An influenza epidemic is expected in Bulgaria at the beginning of the year, in January and February.
“Perhaps the biggest significant difference between COVID-19 and influenza is the acute onset of influenza and the gradual worsening of symptoms of COVID-19, but like everything in medicine, nothing is 100%,” told bTV the virologist Lubomira Glomb.
The National Center for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases expects known flu strains to circulate during the flu season – the two varieties of flu A – “swine flu” and “Hong Kong” and both flu B – “Victoria” and “Yamagata. “.
At the moment, however, there is no officially registered strain in our country.
“There is still no flu season this season. The spread of flu in the EU is still at the off-season level, that is, cases are isolated, like in the summer,” added Lubomira Glomb.
The flu is most severe in young children and people over 65.
“The best prevention has always been the vaccine,” he said.
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