First signs of influenza, RSV remission

Medical experts have observed the first signs of easing in the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza and other seasonal viral infections in children in recent days, following an intense and escalating outbreak.

Nonetheless, pediatric clinics remain at high occupancy, mostly with cases of RSV, which in adults usually causes mild symptoms similar to a cold, but in children can lead to bronchiolitis and pneumonia or, less often, respiratory failure. 

Pediatricians have reported a slight decline in RSV and influenza circulation in recent days.

"In contrast to the very large outbreak we saw last week and the week before Christmas, in the last three or four days we have seen a decline in influenza and RSV," the president of the Panhellenic Federation of Self-Employed Pediatricians, Kostas Daloukas, said in comments to Kathimerini.

"This decline is an...