Baby dies and nine more admitted to hospital in ‘unusual’ cluster of heart infections

One baby died and a further nine were admitted to hospital in an “unusual” cluster of heart infections in south Wales and southwest England, according to health officials.

Late on Tuesday night, the World Health Organisation said there had been a rise in severe myocarditis – a potentially deadly inflammation of the heart – in newborns and infants between June 2022 and March 2023.

A total of 15 babies – 10 in Wales, five in England – presented with the condition during this period, the WHO said. Of these, nine tested positive for an enterovirus – a common pathogen which can cause respiratory illness, hand, foot and mouth disease, and viral meningitis. In very rare instances, young babies can develop myocarditis.

The prevalence of cases in the UK peaked in November, the WHO said, adding that the risk to public health remains low.

“The reported incident represents an increase in both the number and severity of enterovirus infections in infants under the age of one month,” the WHO said in Tuesday’s announcement. Only one case had been identified in Wales in the six years prior to 2022.

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Is not the vaxxed parents that are causing the issues, honestly guv.