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PREMIUM Non-Covid respiratory infections in young children have been rising since March, but New Zealand and Australia are also seeing surges in the virus RSV which is worrying doctors in the UK PAEDIATRIC emergency departments could face a “perfect storm” of a surge in respiratory viruses in young children and more severe illness when schools return, medics have warned. Dr Scott Hendry, a consultant in paediatric emergency medicine at the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow, said doctors were feeling “very anxious” following an increase in attendances since March which only dipped once schools broke up for the holidays. There are fears that the UK will be hit by an autumn wave of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) similar to that already affecting hospitals in New Zealand and Australia due to the erosion of immunity in children as a result of successive lockdowns and social distancing.

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