After a record number in Australia, it is expected to vaccinate against potentially deadly viruses, expected.
Health heads say that Australian winter often predicts how Virus The UK will spread, and already this year the cases of respiratory synchronous viruses (RSVs) have increased continuously in many areas.
Virus, which is a common cause of cough and cold, can also cause chest infection Scurph,
Some people have a high risk of getting seriously ill with it, including more than 75 children and adults.
As NHS EnglandRSV is a major cause of infant deaths around the world and one of the main reasons for children to be taken to hospital.
In the last winter, about 7,000 beds in England were raised by children with RSV.
NHS England is encouraging pregnant women to get a job that prevents RSVs to protect their children after birth.
Kate Bintworth, Chief Midwifery Officer of NHS England, said: “RSV for most adults causes only mild, cold -like symptoms, it can cause serious breathing problems for big adults and young children who can be hospitalized.
“Vaccination when pregnant is the best way to protect your child to give birth to your child, and now is the time to work for Mums, to ensure that their children protect their first few months in this winter, when more insects circulate.”
Yusra Usman says that when his son, Zakaria, was three months old, he developed bronchioitis from the virus. He had fever and was gasping for breath.
The 34-year-old North London, said: “Everything was a spot, but I remember his chest was getting in and out and he was actually struggling to catch his breath.”
The nurses found that his son’s oxygen levels were dangerously low.
Ms. Osman, a student Dai, said: “It was one of the things you don’t want to hear as a mother. He was crying, and we were trying to put an oxygen mask, but he was fighting to get it and did not want to be touched.”
Zakaria, now seven years old, needed oxygen and a feeding tube in the hospital.
“This is the worst dream of a mam. The RSV vaccine was then available, so I definitely was,” said Ms. Usman.
The RSV vaccine was first introduced to pregnant women in England last September and health officials say it has helped protect more than 300,000 mothers and infants.
Pregnant mothers are eligible since 28 weeks, such as adults between 75 and 79 years of age.
In the coming weeks, NHS England is ready to invite more than a million people to go to infections before the season, which begins in October.
The Consultant Midwife, the UK Health Security Agency, said that infants born in late summer or autumn are likely to be hospitalized with the virus.
“Hundreds of children participate in emergency departments every day for broncholitis through November and December,” she said.