The return to routine after the summer coincides with an increase in consultations related to respiratory infections and with a greater demand for some products to relieve their symptoms.
La Voz de Galicia has reported an increase in consultations and sales of cold medications in pharmacies, an indication that can serve as a starting point to analyze what is happening with respiratory viruses during this month of September.
However, these data alone do not allow us to affirm that there is a new wave of infections across Spain.
More consultations and medications in pharmacies
The increase in consultations and sales of certain medications may reflect a greater presence of respiratory symptoms among the population.
But data from a specific autonomous community is not sufficient to establish a national trend.
What is happening with Covid and other viruses
To know the evolution of respiratory infections in Spain, it is necessary to resort to national surveillance systems and check how cases have evolved in recent weeks.
Covid currently shares space with other respiratory viruses, so an increase in consultations does not automatically attribute all symptoms to the coronavirus.
National data will be key
The evolution shown by the surveillance reports will determine whether the increase observed in certain areas is also occurring across the country.
Therefore, before talking about an increase in respiratory infections in Spain, the information must be contrasted with the latest national data and with health specialists.