In Georgia, the number of diseases of the flu is growing, this year most cases are the so -called Hong Kong influenza, the medical director of the Central Children’s Hospital named after Iashvili Ivana Chkhaidze.
According to him, the H3N2 virus circulates in the country, there are also cases of the spread of H1N1.
“The spread of influenza this year in Georgia began very early,” Chkhaidze noted.
The doctors are waiting for the peak of incidence of influenza in December-January, simultaneously with the spread of the Omicron coronavirus strain. Doctors warn that the treatment regimen of influenza and coronavirus is different, therefore diagnosis from the very beginning is important.
according to forecasts, the flu course this year in most cases can be more difficult than with Omicron’s disease, especially in young children.