AMMAN — Jordan
is seeing an early surge of infections by seasonal respiratory viruses this
year, revealed some doctors, who stated that most cases suffer from one or more
types of Influenza, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), or COVID-19 viruses.
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Member of the
National Committee for Epidemiology, Najwa Khoury, told
Jordan News that
the viruses are common each season, and they are not something to be worried
about.
“What is new,
however, is that they all spread at the same time following an immunity gap,
resulting from the precautionary measures taken during the COVID-19 pandemic”,
she pointed out.
An immunity gap
develops when the immune system gets a break from being exposed to a mix of
common pathogens, which usually can cause diseases.
Khoury said that
there are treatments for both the RSV and influenza viruses, and there are also
vaccines for the coronavirus. She insisted on the importance of the continuous
precautionary measures to prevent the spread of respiratory diseases.
Pulmonologist
Mohammad Tarawneh told
Jordan News that a mix of respiratory viruses
“are spreading at the same time, and also earlier than usual”.
“Being infected
with more than one type of virus could cause more complications, especially for
those who suffer from chronic diseases, and children”, he said.
Tarawneh said that
respiratory viruses “are currently widespread in the country”.
“However, there
are no plans or measures by neither the Ministry of Health, nor the National
Committee for Epidemiology to explore the extent of the spread, or the kind of
dominant viruses”, he pointed out.
He voiced concern
that the spread of the viruses could affect the health system in the Kingdom.
A source in the
National Committee for Epidemiology, who spoke to
Jordan News on
condition of anonymity, said that a cure for the RSV exists, but not in Jordan.
Ministry of Health
officials did not answer calls by
Jordan News to elaborate on how it
plans to deal with the wave of the seasonal viruses, the extent of its spread,
and whether the health system can deal with a spike in infections.
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