Covid-19 and the flu peak during the holiday season in Ontario

Outbreaks of both the Covid-19 and flu viruses are on the rise and peak during the holiday season, Ontario's top doctor said Monday. Dr. Kieran Moore, Chief Medical Officer of Health, announced that it takes 10 to 14 days for immunity to occur in the body with the injection of covid and flu vaccines. He said, although many people are tired of Covid, but this virus is not tired of us.

He added, last week 1700 people were admitted to the hospital, and about 100 of them needed special care. This number is lower than this time last year, but at that time the activity of Covid-19 was decreasing, but now it is increasing.

About 1.8 million Ontarians received the updated Covid-19 vaccine this fall, but that's just 13 per cent of the eligible population and 40 per cent of people over 65.

"The likelihood of being hospitalized for both flu and Covid is related to age," Dr Moore said. The older you are, the more you need to get vaccinated. "60 percent of our over-65s are currently unvaccinated, and as we head into the holiday season, I'm even more concerned about that."

Unlike last year, the flu is expected to be more prevalent and transmitted during the holiday and New Year's season.

Also, more than 200 people are hospitalized with the respiratory virus RSV, almost half of whom are children under the age of four and half of whom are people over the age of 65.

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