Week-on-week increase in number of new whooping cough cases

There were 1,502 new cases of whooping cough in Czechia last week, according to the latest data from the State Health Institute. The organisation stated in a press release that although transmission is likely slowing down, this has not yet been reflected in the number of new cases due to the disease's long incubation period. Experts estimate that the weekly number of new cases will start to decrease in about a month.

Since the beginning of this year, doctors have registered 17,755 cases of whooping cough altogether.