The number of whooping cough cases this year in the South Bohemian Region exceeded a thousand. Last week, health experts registered 142 new cases. Since the beginning of the year there have been 1029 people. This follows current health expert data. South Bohemia is the region with the highest number of cases of this disease in the republic.
“The number of diseases grew fastest in our region until the eleventh week, in the last three weeks we noticed a certain slowdown in growth dynamics. “The group most exposed is high school students in the long term and most significantly,” said the director of the South Bohemian cleaning station Kvetoslava Kotrbová.
Whooping cough also appeared elsewhere in Europe. In the Czech Republic, the disease used to occur only occasionally in a few cases, but now it is on the rise. People who have had a longer period since pertussis vaccination can receive revaccination. Adults pay extra to get the vaccine, but some insurance companies contribute to vaccinations. Since the start of this year, the State Health Institute (SZÚ) has recorded more than 6,000 cases of whooping cough.
“As far as the districts are concerned, in the 14th week, the most cases were confirmed in České Budějovice, 460. In Jindřichohradecky, there were 197 cases, in Český Krumlov 110,” said the director of the anti-epidemic department at the regional hygiene station Hana Bendíková. The disease initially manifests as other respiratory infections. The typical symptom is whooping cough, and attacks can last for several days. This infection is especially dangerous for unvaccinated children or the elderly.
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