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With COVID-19 and RSV already circulating, health leaders urged the very young, elderly, and those with health conditions to get up to date on their seasonal vaccines by the end of October.
Medical professionals at urgent care clinics, hospitals and health departments weigh in on where coronavirus stands in Virginia and Hampton Roads.
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Instead of a red, sore throat and fever, lots of kids are getting strep and showing symptoms of congestion, a runny nose and cough, making it harder for doctors to diagnose.
RSV, respiratory syncytial virus, has been on the rise across Virginia in recent months.
To her point, when you look at the latest available data from the VDH related to hospitalizations, just 72 of the more than 1,400 COVID patients hospitalized in Virginia during the week that ended December 18 were vaccinated.