New RSV vaccine for newborns and elderly welcomed by Irish expert

Dr Scott Walkin, Irish College of General Practitioners HSE clinical lead for Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, said: “There will be RSV and the flu, as there is every winter. There will be covid-19, although the seasonal pattern that C19 will settle into is not yet clear.”

New vaccines targeting RSV in newborn babies and older people have been hailed as an exciting development by an Irish GP specialising in infection control.

The EU health regulator, the European Medicines Agency, last month backed a vaccine developed by Pfizer called Abrysvo for use with newborns and older people.  They recommended this for marketing authorisation; a step towards use across EU countries including Ireland.