Italian pediatricians are raising the alarm over the whooping cough epidemic which is mainly affecting unvaccinated newborns and infants and which has caused three deaths since the beginning of the year with an 800% increase in hospitalizations compared to last year.

In Italy from January to May 2024, 110 hospitalizations were recorded , over 15 of small infants in intensive care and three deceased newborns. The hospitalization figure would also be underestimated.

The alert from the Italian Society of Paediatrics comes after the ECDC warning of almost 60 thousand cases in Europe in 2023 until April 2024 , with a growth of more than 10 times over 2022 and 2023.

(Unioneonline/vl)

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