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Do not ask grandparents to take care of children with respiratory illness, CMO warns
Record number of RSV cases lead to warning from Prof Breda Smyth
Young children and the elderly are most at risk from RSV. Photograph: Anchiy/Getty Images
Olivia Kelleher
Mon Nov 21 2022 - 13:25
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3 MIN READ
Breda Smyth
Department of Health
RSV
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