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Selina Maycock

Parents told to 'stop kissing babies' after winter illness spreads – here's why you should stick to the advice

Baby pointing at mother's nose.

Parents are being warned to 'stop kissing babies' after a mum lays down the reality of passing your child a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) this winter.

There's already a 'national incident' declared after measles cases sore with parents urged to book their child's missed MMR vaccines, and while most families will look for natural flu remedies to nix that virus, many won't realise that just by kissing your baby or someone else's baby, you increase the risk of that baby becoming 'seriously sick'. A fresh warning has been made following the ongoing number of people who are fighting off winter flu and respiratory viruses.

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