Photo / SuppliedAlert level 4 lockdown may have helped stamp out an RSV outbreak that had put dozens of babies in hospital around the country, says a leading immunologist. The country was plunged into alert level 4 restrictions 10 days ago, following the detection of community cases of Covid-19 in Auckland. Prior to this, an outbreak of respiratory illness this winter had seen emergency departments inundated and babies and infants hospitalised throughout the country. They said four children had been admitted to the hospital with RSV since alert level 4 restrictions began. But they said prior to alert level 4 numbers had already "reduced significantly" from their peak in July.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 27, 2021 23:15 UTC