Children, under 12, have been stopped from vi
The Blessing hospital in Quincy registered cases of 70 children who have been suffering from an unknown respiratory virus. The cases surfaced during the Labor Day weekend.
Lisa Neisen, the hospital spokeswoman, said that they won't share the children's status.
Dr. Robert Merrick is an epidemiologist at the same hospital. He said in a statement that the virus is not identified yet. It has resemblance with HEV68 that is also a respiratory virus. HEV68 broke out a week earlier in St. Louis Kansas City.
In Hannibal, Missouri a hospital named Hannibal Regional Healthcare System released the same warning to children. The hospital stated symptoms of this virus on its facebook page. Symptoms contained fever, sneezing, mouth blisters, cough and muscle aches. Runny nose and body pain were also included.
