Influenza

Also called Flu

Notification class
Class 2 notifiable diseaseHealth care providers report it weekly, on a line listing, to the Medical Officer of Health at their parish health department.
Category
Zoonotic diseases

How it’s monitored

Reported every week: visits for influenza-like illness, admissions for severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) as a share of all admissions, and laboratory results for influenza A and B by subtype and for other respiratory viruses.

The figures

The National Surveillance Unit publishes the latest figures every week.

For health professionals