Growing incidence of whooping cough in Vysočina Region

Health officials in the Vysočina Region have reported a growing incidence of whooping cough in recent weeks. In January alone, the number of cases exceeded half of the annual incidence from last year. Doctors diagnosed 51 cases of whooping cough in the region in January, compared to 94 cases registered in the whole of last year. Most of the reported cases are in the Jihlava district. According to doctors the disease returns in three to five year cycles.