Published 12 December 2022 at 18.30
Domestic. The spread of respiratory infections is now increasing sharply in society, according to the Public Health Agency.
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to continue to increase in the coming weeks, which means that many people will be infected and fall ill. Some of them will become seriously ill and need hospital care.
̶ Right now it is important that anyone who is sick with symptoms of a respiratory infection or has a fever stays at home and avoids close contact with others. That way, we can help reduce the spread of infection. Vaccination is the best way to protect yourself against serious illness and death from both covid-19 and influenza, says Karin Tegmark Wisell, director general at the Public Health Agency.
Those who are most at risk of suffering severe illness from covid- 19 and influenza are people over 65 and people who belong to a risk group. RS virus poses the greatest risk to young children.