“We are seeing a surge in respiratory diseases among children, especially among those under 10 years old,” TASS quoted him as saying.
According to him, the incidence rate is currently higher than "in the typical flu season for the autumn and winter months."
“Reports of this unusual spike in cases have come from several countries in Europe, including France, the Netherlands, Sweden and the UK, as well as from the US,” he said.
It is clarified that these countries are facing a growing number of hospitalizations of children with acute respiratory infections caused by influenza and parainfluenza viruses, respiratory syncytial virus, adenoviruses and coronaviruses, including COVID-19.
The incidence of pharyngitis and skin diseases associated with cryptococcal infection has also increased.
Ware suggests that some children may not have previously had infections and therefore did not develop immunity, or that a number of viruses have undergone "small changes and seem to spread faster."
Also, the reason for this situation may be that children become infected with “several infections” at once.
Earlier, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, expressed hope for the abolition of the status of the COVID-19 pandemic and monkeypox in 2023.