BOSTON – Boston Youngsters’s Hospital confirms to WBZ it’s seeing a spike in instances of RSV, the respiratory virus hitting children throughout the nation.
RSV signs embody coughing, wheezing, runny nostril and decreased urge for food. It may be significantly harmful for infants and younger youngsters as a result of their airways are smaller.
Youngsters’s Hospital stated RSV is one in all three issues it is dealing with proper now together with the widespread chilly children get and the dearth of behavioral well being providers.
The hospital says it’s reviewing elective procedures to ensure it has the capability to deal with them. At this level, Youngsters’s shouldn’t be transferring sufferers out of the hospital.
