School holidays may have helped put a lid on RSV cases but it’s too late to assume the outbreak is over, ESR has warned. READ MORE:* RSV outbreak: Virus peak 'still to come', drug supply 'critically low'* RSV outbreak: Hospitals and GPs 'flat tack' as virus hits children across NZ* Wellington hospital sees 'sharp, exponential increase' in RSV casesRoss Giblin/Stuff Dr Bryan Betty, a Porirua GP and the medical director of the New Zealand College of GPs, said RSV could be “burning out”. This seems to happen with RSV – it tends to burn out.”Supplied ESR’s Dr Sue Huang said border closures last year and limited face-to-face contact essentially left the population vulnerable to an RSV outbreak. On Tuesday, there were two patients with RSV in Southland Hospital's Children's Ward and six in Dunedin Hospital's Children's Unit. The majority of patients admitted with RSV through the outbreak were children, he said.

Source: Stuff August 04, 2021 00:17 UTC