Is COVID-19 and RSV getting stronger? ...Specialists experience a moderate increase
Dec 04, 2025
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The Korea Pediatric Youth Hospital Association (Chairman Choi Yong-jae, head of Uijeongbu Strong Children's Hospital) announced that the statistics were found in 41 locations that responded to the survey of COVID-19 and RSV confirmed patients conducted on 120 member hospitals from November 27 to 30.
According to the association, 41.5% of the total were increasing the need for hospitalization in the question of changes experienced during the treatment of COVID-19 confirmed patients. Changes in the confirmed age group also reached 41.5%. This means that the confirmed age group is expanding mainly from infants to school age.
12.2% of the respondents said the severity increased. On the other hand, only 2.4% felt the decrease in confirmed cases.
Changes felt during the treatment of RSV confirmed patients also increased the need for hospitalization by 61%. The increase in severity was also 24.4%.
The age group change was 7.3%, and there was no relatively significant change.
In addition, RSV also showed a clear increase in winter following the flu pandemic. COVID-19 also had confirmed cases in most hospitals that responded to the questionnaire, so it was urgent to prepare measures to prepare for the epidemic.
Choi Yong-jae, president of the Korea Pediatric Youth Hospital, said, "The increase in hospitalization and severity of RSV and COVID-19 patients at pediatric and adolescent care sites is urgent to strengthen the pediatric infection response system. Measures such as strengthening the monitoring system for infectious pediatric respiratory diseases and strengthening support for pediatric respiratory diseases should follow."," he stressed.
Chairman Choi Yong-jae said, `Considering the red light on pediatric infections in winter, the number of children with RSV and COVID-19 outbreaks is increasing following the unprecedented epidemic of childhood flu, guardians should pay attention to respiratory hygiene rules, efforts to prevent infection in a group environment, treatment without delay in case of worsening symptoms of infants and young children, and visit a medical institution for children and adolescents as soon as possible when symptoms appear.'
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
