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The reason why the healthcare system now sees that elderly people are affected by the RS virus does not necessarily mean that more people actually have the virus: it could also be due to the fact that the virus type was not previously identified.
- It is possible that they have been affected before but that now when we are looking for covid we are more careful in typing and seeing the virus, says Maria Tarnager.
Children are hit hard
Otherwise, it is children who are hardest hit by the RS virus.
Last week, a maximum of 280 applicants to the pediatric intensive care unit were registered on one and the same day, many of them with the RS virus, according to Maria Taranger.
This can be compared with previous figures of 170 to 180 applicants per day.
- They have had a very tough situation there, says Maria Taranger.