Since the discovery of the infection last week, Karolinska University Hospital has contacted both patients, staff and relatives in the units where the infected patient was staying, as part of the infection tracing, writes the hospital in a press release. According to the information Radio Sweden P4 Stockholmwho was the first to report the infection, the infected person first stayed at the Children’s Hospital in Solna and then was transferred to Hudinge.

The hospital writes that it is keeping track of whether those who may have been exposed to the infection are immune, and those affected also receive verbal and written information about how to act if they become ill. People who lack immunity were offered vaccination or treatment with immunoglobulin. According to the radio, the children were urgently vaccinated over the weekend to avoid further spread of the infection.

Läkartidningen sent a number of questions to the Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital via the press service. No more cases have yet been detected, writes Malin Reid Render, chief physician and director of operations for pediatric outpatient care at Karolinska University Hospital. In total, about fifty children received treatment with vaccines or immunoglobulins, she writes.