Extra youngsters are being admitted to Makarios III youngsters’s hospital in Nicosia over the previous few days, primarily as a consequence of flu A, with the hospital at the moment at 85 per cent of its capability.
Head of the hospital’s paediatric division Avraam Elias informed the Cyprus Information Company on Monday that the scenario was below management.
He mentioned that on Sunday there have been 26 youngsters on the wards and 4 in intensive care, largely below a 12 months previous.
Most admissions had been for flu A, adopted by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and microbial pneumonia, primarily pneumococcus. Elia mentioned RSV was the principle purpose for admissions earlier than Christmas and that at the moment there was just one youngster with covid.
A lot of the youngsters, he mentioned, had been infants below 12 months previous, nonetheless older youngsters with underlying situations had been being admitted with extreme flu signs.
Elia mentioned that each day there have been six to eight admissions, and as many discharges.
He added {that a} small improve in admissions had been recorded in comparison with a fortnight in the past and that there is perhaps a second wave of flu-related infections.
“Now we have February forward of us, throughout which we may even see a rise in circumstances. In any case, the scenario is below management,” he mentioned.
Elia referred to as on dad and mom with newborns and infants below three months previous to be particularly cautious, as a result of this age group was very delicate because it had not but developed antibodies.
He added that breastfeeding might present infants with antibodies and defend them from infections.
Infants shouldn’t be introduced into contact with older youngsters or adults, as some could also be asymptomatic carriers.
Referring to flu A, Elia mentioned an antiviral drug was out there and ought to be administered as quickly as signs seem.
