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Waikato Respiratory Virus Report 2021 Week 31

10 08 2021

RSV is well on its way down now. We are now looking for incursions of SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza into New Zealand.

Waikato Respiratory Virus Report 2021 Week 30

04 08 2021

Respiratory Syncytial Virus case numbers continued to fall last week. We also have some Rhinovirus, ParaInfluenzavirus 3 and human Metapneumovirus.

Waikato Respiratory Virus Report 2021 Week 29

27 07 2021

RSV numbers have started to fall. Cases in 2021 have now reached twice the number in a typical winter, catching up after zero cases in 2020.

Waikato Respiratory Virus Report 2021 Week 28

23 07 2021

This is the most cases we have seen in one season, so far.

Waikato Respiratory Virus Report 2021 week 27

12 07 2021

RSV numbers are very high, probably due to the larger population of non immune children because it didn't circulate last year. Respiratory Virus Report Week 27 2021