CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – People are talking around town about getting sick with some sort of respiratory illness, but it’s likely not flu, according to the chief of epidemiology at the University of Virginia Hospital.
“Right now, we’re tracking influenza-like illness which is sort of a measure of influenza activity, although other respiratory viruses could cause that and right now it’s relatively low nationally,” said Dr. Costi Sifri, UVA infectious disease specialist. “At the local level here at UVA, ILI or influenza-like illness, activity is also pretty low in places we proactively monitor.
“We are seeing some respiratory viruses, I’d say predominantly the cold virus rhinovirus, and we have seen some COVID-19 which does seem to percolate a little bit more in and out of respiratory season,” he said…