RTP // 143 Infants Hospitalized Per Year Due To Whooping Cough

Each week at least three children are hospitalized with whooping cough. In 15 years, nine lost their lives and hundreds were left with severe sequelae. The data are from researchers of CINTESIS and are included in the first study on the impact of a disease that causes direct costs of almost three million euros.

Watch full RTP report here (in Portuguese)