Whooping Cough and Other Infectious Diseases Update.

Breaking news from Gunma Prefecture.
Created by Isesaki FM's AI.

By the 18th, the prefecture announced that there had been 72 cases of whooping cough in the week ending on the 14th of this month, bringing the cumulative total to 2,619.
The number of cases of infectious erythema (fifth disease) was 1.96 per designated medical institution, below the alert threshold of 2 cases but above the end-point of 1 case, meaning that an alert has remained in place for 23 consecutive weeks.
The number of COVID-19 cases has increased from the previous week to 7.32 cases, and a cluster of infections has been confirmed at a nursing home.
With respiratory syncytial virus infections also at a high level of 2.71 cases, the prefecture continues to urge people to take measures to prevent infection.