
中秋連假流感疫情仍處高點,疾管署預估10月中旬疫情才會開始下降。
疾管署公布上週流感新增87例重症與30例死亡,其中包含一名中部2歲男童感染A型流感併發急性腦炎不幸死亡。上週門急診就診人次為13萬8654人,預估10月中旬疫情才會開始下降。
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中秋連假期間流感疫情仍處高點,疾管署公布上週新增多起流感與新冠重症及死亡病例。
疾管署防疫醫師林詠青(右)表示,一名2歲男童感染流感期間,曾出現超過40度高燒,後續意識改變、抽搐,最終流感併發腦炎不幸死亡。
〔記者侯家瑜/台北報導〕中秋連假期間,流感疫情仍處高點且還在流行期。疾管署今公布上週流感新增87例重症、30例死亡,其中2歲男童感染流感併發腦炎不治;上週門急診就診人次為13萬8654人,較前一週下降3.2%。副署長林明誠表示,預估10月中旬流感疫情才會開始下降,這段期間就診人次會在13萬到16萬間上下波動。
防疫醫師林詠青表示,近期一名中部2歲男童本身沒有慢性病,也未接種本季流感疫苗,9月上旬出現超過40度高燒、咳嗽有痰等症狀,就醫後確診A型流感並接受口服抗病毒藥物治療,但返家後仍反覆高燒,隔天出現意識改變及抽搐,緊急送醫。檢查發現男童有腦水腫,醫師研判可能為流感併發腦炎,收治加護病房治療,但後續病況持續惡化,腦部影像更出現缺血性變化,住院近2週後於9月下旬不幸死亡,死亡證明主要死因為A型流感併發急性腦炎。疫情調查也發現,男童3名同住接觸者同期出現類似症狀,後續均確診流感並接受抗病毒治療。
疫情中心副主任李佳琳指出,新冠疫情則呈下降趨勢,目前仍處流行期,上週新增33例本土重症及14例本土死亡,門急診就診1萬502人次,較前一週下降28.4%。林詠青指出,一名中部40多歲男性有糖尿病等慢性病,9月中旬症狀惡化,出現呼吸困難及痰液增加,就醫後快篩確診COVID-19,X光也發現雙側肺炎,住進加護病房接受抗生素及抗病毒治療,但血氧持續偏低,後續發生呼吸衰竭,住院約5天後於9月下旬死亡。
林明誠補充,近期疫情出現下降趨勢,主要是受到「連假效應」影響。由於連續假日期間南來北往及群聚活動增加,本會助長疫情向上;但同時也因連假期間部分民眾延遲就醫,甚至輕症自行痊癒,在兩股相反力量拉鋸下,導致疫情數據出現上下波動。
此外,腸病毒疫情持平,上週門急診9943人次,較前週下降5.6%,今年累計7例重症,低於去年同期17例;腹瀉疫情也持平,上週門急診11萬8559人次,下降7.4%。
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10月中旬流感疫情開始下降
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