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hospital in Quincy, Illinois has barred children under 12 from visiting the facility until further notice due to an outbreak of an unknown respiratory virus that has affected more than 70 young children in the area, hospital officials said on Friday. More than 70 children complaining of respiratory virus symptoms visited the Blessing Hospital in Quincy, during the Labor Day weekend, they said.

The virus, has yet to be identified, but resembles HEV68, a respiratory infection that broke out in nearby St. Louis and Kansas City a week earlier,

The five children experienced paralysis of one or more arms or legs that came on suddenly and reached the height of its severity within two days of onset.

The children were treated but their symptoms did not improve and they still had poor limb function after six months. Two children tested positive for enterovirus-68, a rare virus previously associated with polio-like symptoms. No cause was identified in the remaining three children.

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Recently, a pediatric hospital in Kansas City,Missouri has experienced over 300 cases of respiratory illnesses in their facility. Approximately 15% of those illnesses have resulted in children being placed in an intensive care unit.