Almost 1500 new whooping cough cases registered last week

Whooping cough is continuing to spread in Czechia, with 1428 new cases being registered in the past week. A total of 16,260 people have come down with the disease since the start of the year, according to the latest figures from the State Health Institute. The age group with the highest number of cases is still teenagers between the ages of 15 and 19, while the regions with the highest number of cases are Central Bohemia and South Bohemia.