Triple the trouble? This winter there are three respiratory threats

Without testing for all three, doctors will face a guessing game when patients present, virologists say
Dr John-Sebastian Eden
Dr John-Sebastian Eden.

Australia faces an unprecedented winter for respiratory illness this year, with three key respiratory viruses circulating simultaneously, doctors and scientists warn. 

Leading virologists and infectious diseases physicians say respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), COVID-19 and influenza will be circulating together and that outbreaks may be bigger than usual.