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https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1460236/New-Zealand-news-covid-lockdown-immunity-debt-virus-children-hospital-RSV
NEW ZEALAND is facing a crisis with children falling ill in high numbers due to "immunity debt" caused by Covid-19 lockdowns, doctors have warned. Hospitals across the country have been flooded with babies with a potentially-deadly respiratory virus. Wellington has recorded 46 children hospitalised with respiratory illnesses including respiratory syncytial virus - also known as RSV.
RSV is a common respiratory illness and in adults only produces very mild symptoms but for young children, it can make them extremely ill or even be fatal.
Doctors have warned New Zealand's outbreak is likely due to children not developing immunity to other viruses suppressed by Covid lockdowns.
Epidemiologist and public health professor Michael Baker said: "What we're seeing now is we've accumulated a whole lot of susceptible children that have missed out on exposure - so now they're seeing it for the first time."