Respiratory virus reports surge

Health authorities have reported five consecutive weeks of increasing respiratory syncytial virus infections (RSV) from across 3,000 paediatric department networks. Case numbers are said to have exceeded the last peak seen in 2018 and, unlike in previous years, the surge has come during the warmer months. Read more

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