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COVID-like virus RSV surges among southeast QLD children – Observer

A highly-contagious virus with COVID-like symptoms has run rampant in children across southeast Queensland amid fears lockdowns have lowered immunity to it.

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A virus with COVID-like symptoms is spreading at unusually high rates in children across southeast Queensland amid fears lockdowns have lowered immunity to it.
Hospitals and GPs have reported a “significant spike” in the number of people – primarily young children – presenting with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
Queensland Children’s Hospital recorded a 55 per cent spike in respiratory presentations, which include RSV, in February compared to the same time last year and a 45 per cent increase…

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