BREAKING: California is reporting the first death of a child under the age of 5 due to flu and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV).
The OC Health Care Agency Emergency Medical Services is monitoring regional hospital capacity and engaging hospital and health care systems that are seeing very high patient volumes in their emergency departments and inpatient pediatric units.in response to the surge in RSV cases among children to help address the current and expected continued surge in hospitalizations from an early winter virus season.
Additionally, the CDPH is recommending that all health care facilities, including inpatient and outpatient facilities without existing pediatric services, look into short-term measures to expand capacity for evaluation and treatment of pediatric patients. Get Vaccinated, Boosted and Treated if You Test Positive
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