608 new whooping cough cases registered

Some 608 new cases of whooping cough were registered in Czechia in the past week, the State Health Institute said in a press release. There have been 2,273 cases since the start of this year, mostly in the South Bohemian, Central Bohemian, and Vysočina regions. Since compulsory vaccination against it was introduced in the 1960s, the only year that has seen a larger number of whooping cough cases was 2014, when there were over 2,500 cases registered for the whole year.