2024-04-09 15:30:00
Greece sacrifices “whooping cough” – Mirror reports the panic in Greece One of the most popular summer travel countries. after there were reports of at least 2 deaths from “Whooping cough” A respiratory infection that causes inflammation of the respiratory mucosa, of which 1 case was a newborn. And there are still dozens of people suffering from this disease.
กรีซสังเวย “ไอกรน” – People queue in front of the national public health institute in Zagreb, to be tested for whooping cough. Croatia has been hit by a whooping cough epidemic, with a sharp increase in the number of recorded cases compared with the average for recent years. Denis LOVROVIC / AFP
The Greek Health Ministry said that since the beginning of 2024 there have been at least 54 cases of whooping cough, including 32 among children and adolescents and 11 among infants.
Officials initially warned tourists to get vaccinated against whooping cough before traveling to Greece. And it’s not just Greece that’s seeing an increase in whooping cough cases. Because many countries in Europe have also reported outbreaks of whooping cough. Including Croatia, Norway, Netherlands, Czech Republic and Spain.
ภาพประกอบ – One baby is dead and 50 people are unwell following a horrific outbreak of a 100-day cough at a prime European holiday hotspot. Since the start of 2024, Pertussis – more commonly known as whooping cough – has lead to two fatalities in Greece, one of them a newborn baby. The other victim was an adult with underlying health conditions. /Shutterstock/
At the same time, the Czech Public Health Agency stated that during January. Until March 2024 There were 3,101 people infected with whooping cough, the most in the country’s history in 60 years.
Croatia found 6,261 people infected during the same period, Denmark 822 people, Norway 707 people, Netherlands 1,749 people and Spain 5,242 people.
กรีซสังเวย “ไอกรน” – A bottle of the pertussis vaccine against whooping cough is shown at a pharmacy. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) confirmed that a huge amount of the cases were detected in babies under the age of three months. “Pertussis (as whooping cough is also known) is an endemic disease worldwide, even in the presence of a programme with high vaccination coverage, with peaks in disease spread every three to five years,” the ECDC explained. AFP PHOTO
The early symptoms of whooping cough patients include runny nose, nasal congestion, and slight coughing similar to cold symptoms. But you may cough hard and incessantly. together if symptoms become more severe
Most patients in this stage have vomiting after coughing. Some people may have bleeding in the whites of their eyes and bleeding spots scattered around their faces. If there are complications Especially pneumonia, lung collapse, and brain complications. which can sometimes be severe and life-threatening
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