The number of whooping cough cases in the Netherlands has reached the highest level in 10 years, with 7,187 reported to date, public health institute RIVM said on Wednesday. Some 1,800 reports have been made in the past two weeks, including 50 cases in babies, the RIVM said. Half the babies under the age of five months to catch the disease have been hospitalised, as have a quarter of those up to 11 months. So far four babies and two elderly adults have Read this story
