Al-Youm Al-Sabea TV broadcast special coverage regarding the recent attack of respiratory viruses, their spread, and the explanation for their return, which was provided by colleague Menna Yehia.
Children have always been infected with the respiratory syncytial virus, as it is not new, but the increases in infections and hospitalizations are now more, especially children under two years old who were born during the Corona pandemic, as 95% of children when they are two years old have been infected with this virus.
This is due to what is known as the “immune gap”, because 3 years have passed since the spread of Corona, and there has become what is called the immune gap or void, meaning that our bodies were not exposed to these two viruses during the pandemic, and therefore infection with them will be a little more difficult, because the immune response of the bodies It will be more severe, as if the immunity for the first time recognizes them.
As for vaccines, the Corona virus has vaccines that are given to children from 6 months and older, and as for the respiratory syncytial virus, there is no vaccine for it yet, except that Pfizer announced that at the end of 2022 it will submit to the US Food and Drug Administration a request to approve a new vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus, as it Their studies have proven that it provides 82% protection during the first 92 days of the baby, and 69% protection in the first 6 months.
