RSV symptoms make it difficult to distinguish from the common cold or other respiratory viruses, such as flu or Covid-19.
RSV infections usually get better by themselves, but can sometimes be serious for babies and older adults who have a higher risk of getting seriously ill.
Almost all children get RSV infections at least once before they are 2-years-old.
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Read MoreRSV is spread in the coughs and sneezes of someone who has the virus. Officials advise some things you can do to reduce your chances of getting it or spreading it to anyone else, such as: wash or wipe down toys and clean surfaces regularly; try to avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth if your hands are not clean; use disposable tissues and throw them away as soon as you’ve used them; and try to keep newborn babies away from anyone with a cold or the flu – especially if they were born prematurely or have serious health.
Younger children are also more likely to be affected. Some 18 children on average were in hospital with RSV each day last week – a decrease from 28 on the previous week.
The vaccine programme
The vaccine will reduce the risk of severe symptoms and only one dose is needed.
Those eligible are: adults 75 and older, adults 60–74 who are at high risk of severe RSV and people aged 18-59 who at high risk of the disease.
Last month, a mother of a baby girl who was seriously ill in hospital with RSV urged pregnant women to take up the vaccination against it. Isla, who is 10 months old, spent five days in the high dependency unit at King’s Mill Hospital in November before returning home.
Isla’s mother Jessica, from Clay Cross in Derbyshire, said the jab was not available when she was pregnant, but said: “If I knew then what I know now, I would have had the vaccine, 100 per cent.”
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