Babies and children are paying the price of New Zealand’s low immunity to RSV after lockdown last year. Photo: FileSome early childhood centres in Christchurch are being hit hard with illness this week as cases of RSV, respiratory syncytial virus, escalate. In the past two weeks, there has been a steep rise in the number of confirmed cases of RSV in Canterbury and New Zealand. A respiratory illness had started to impact the centre on Friday, when attendance halved. Institute of Environmental Science and Research virologist Dr Sue Huang said for the week ending June 27, there had been 538 confirmed cases nationwide.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 08, 2021 00:22 UTC