Parents to ask other adults to help limit RSV spread to their children 

 Dr Marie Finn with Sile Seoige, who is parent ambassador for Together for RSV. Picture: Andrew Downes

Almost 75% of parents in Ireland plan to ask adults to avoid touching their child’s face or hands to help prevent infection with RSV this winter, new data shows.

Last winter cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) spiked very early in the autumn and winter seasons, reaching extremely high numbers quickly. This year so far doctors have not seen this spike, with just 28 cases reported during the week up to September 30.