Director of Abu Al-Rish hospital: 2% of “Makhlawy” patients need hospital treatment

Dr. Sherif Al-Anwari, Director of Abu Al-Rish Al-Munira Hospital, Kasr Al-Ainy, Cairo University, revealed that syncytial virus It is present yearly and seasonally, and this year, the infection rate increased by 70% because there were precautions and precautionary measures due to the Corona virus in the past years, explaining that most of the cases infected with the virus need treatment at home .

Dr. Sherif Al-Anwari added in statements to “The Seventh Day” that 1-2% of people infected with syncytial virus require hospital treatment, indicating that treatment of the virus does not require antibiotics, mainly because the treatment is a treatment for symptoms and most of them consists of steam sessions and people expanders and taking antibiotics is only in case of bacterial infection.

And Abu Al-Rish hospital director continued in his statements that most cases infected with syncytial virus are recovering, but the cough continues for two to three weeks until recovery is complete, indicating that around 50 % of visitors to Abu Al-Rayes Hospital in the current period are infected with syncytial virus and comprehensive treatment and follow-up services are provided.