Switzerland also affected
“There is currently also a significant increase in Switzerland,” said study leader Patrick Meyer Sauteur of Zurich Children’s Hospital when asked by the Keystone-SDA news agency. According to the study published in the journal “The Lancet Microbe”, the so-called mycoplasma, which leads to pneumonia, returned after more than three years. “We are currently experiencing the long-awaited resurgence of mycoplasma infections and have already registered record numbers in Switzerland”, says the doctor. Before the corona pandemic, microplasmas were among the most common bacterial pathogens causing pneumonia in children. Corona measures made them disappear. Scientists wondered if this would finally finish them off. Unfortunately, as we now see, this is not the case. But: “From a scientific point of view, it was absolutely fascinating,” said study leader Patrick Meyer Sauteur.
