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RSV outbreak: Virus peak 'still to come', drug supply 'critically low'
Hannah Martin16:01, Jul 19 2021
The number of babies requiring hospitalisation with respiratory virus RSV is twice the expected rate, while an expert warns the peak is possibly yet to come.
Meanwhile, use of a steroid medication to treat RSV, prednisolone, significantly increased last month, with supply of the liquid form – generally used for children – reaching “critically low” levels, Pharmac revealed on Monday.
The latest ESR data shows there were 735 new cases of RSV across the country in the week to Sunday, July 11, up from 688 the week prior...
RSV outbreak: Virus peak 'still to come', drug supply 'critically low'
Hannah Martin16:01, Jul 19 2021
The number of babies requiring hospitalisation with respiratory virus RSV is twice the expected rate, while an expert warns the peak is possibly yet to come.
Meanwhile, use of a steroid medication to treat RSV, prednisolone, significantly increased last month, with supply of the liquid form – generally used for children – reaching “critically low” levels, Pharmac revealed on Monday.
The latest ESR data shows there were 735 new cases of RSV across the country in the week to Sunday, July 11, up from 688 the week prior...