Egypt’s flu-like infections made worse by Covid-19 pandemic, health minister says – The National

Egypt’s flu-like infections made worse by Covid-19 pandemic, health minister says – The National

Egypt’s health minister has said that a rising number of flu-like respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections is overwhelming the country’s schools, but has reassured the public the illness does not pose a threat to healthy adults and children.

With the coronavirus pandemic at a low ebb in Egypt, other respiratory viruses are surging, he said.

Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel Ghaffar was joined by of medical professionals, many of them paediatricians, at a press conference in a Cairo hospital on Monday to address growing public fears about RSV.