Moravia sees significant increase in chickenpox among children

Hygiene officers in the South Moravian region report a significant increase in chickenpox among young children. According to statistics, the increase is eightfold. In the first five months of this year, doctors registered 5,303 cases of chickenpox compared to the 625 cases registered over the same period last year. According to doctors, 80 percent of children contracted the infection from schoolmates.