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Quiet, summer pattern. No Influenza, RSV or COVID. First Respiratory Virus Report for 2021. Week 1
Read MoreThe following major respiratory viral pathogens are absent from the Waikato community: Influenza A, Influenza B, RSV, SARS-CoV-2. Rhinoviruses and a variety of the less pathogenic viruses are circulating.
Read MoreA variety of respiratory viruses are circulating in the Waikato but Influenza, RSV and SARS-CoV-2 remain absent. Waikato Respiratory Virus Report 2020 12 22
Read MoreSupply of gentamicin level monitoring test reagents has been interrupted and we may suddenly be unable to test it at all. A new supply is expected later in January.
Read MoreWe’re seeing a wide diversity of respiratory viruses in the Waikato at present and anecdotally increased numbers of children presenting with more severe illness.
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