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30-07-2021, 03:18 PM
Germany warns of virus 'more dangerous than Covid' - alarm raised as infections rocket
GERMANY has warned about the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) that is rapidly spreading and is "more dangerous than Covid".
Germany’s largest children’s clinic, the Olgahospital at the Stuttgart Clinic, has reported an increase in respiratory diseases and RSV infections over the past two weeks. The number of children who have attended the hospital because of an infection has now almost doubled, compared to the usual seasonal rate.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/146...l-children
Jan Steffen Jurgensen, Chairman of the Board at the Stuttgart Clinic, said: "Seasonally, in the summer, fewer children go to the children's emergency room in the Olgahospital, typically around 70 a day, of which only about 20 percent normally have to be admitted as an inpatient."
However, more recently the hospital has seen around 130 children admitted in one day.
On top of that, three children were treated last week, and the week before, for severe RSV infections.
Tobias Tenenbaum, Chairman of the German Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases (DGPI), added to Mr Jurgensen’s comments by saying that “RSV is much more dangerous than Covid-19, especially for younger children".
The news comes after the number of babies and toddlers infected with the RS virus has risen dramatically in Switzerland, Israel and the USA.
GERMANY has warned about the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) that is rapidly spreading and is "more dangerous than Covid".
Germany’s largest children’s clinic, the Olgahospital at the Stuttgart Clinic, has reported an increase in respiratory diseases and RSV infections over the past two weeks. The number of children who have attended the hospital because of an infection has now almost doubled, compared to the usual seasonal rate.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/146...l-children
Jan Steffen Jurgensen, Chairman of the Board at the Stuttgart Clinic, said: "Seasonally, in the summer, fewer children go to the children's emergency room in the Olgahospital, typically around 70 a day, of which only about 20 percent normally have to be admitted as an inpatient."
However, more recently the hospital has seen around 130 children admitted in one day.
On top of that, three children were treated last week, and the week before, for severe RSV infections.
Tobias Tenenbaum, Chairman of the German Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases (DGPI), added to Mr Jurgensen’s comments by saying that “RSV is much more dangerous than Covid-19, especially for younger children".
The news comes after the number of babies and toddlers infected with the RS virus has risen dramatically in Switzerland, Israel and the USA.
