Recent cluster of neonatal enteroviral myocarditis cases in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - current scenario and counteracting prospects.

Objectives: Neonatal myocarditis is a rare but life-threatening complication of enterovirus infection that presents like bacterial sepsis.

Outbreak: A sudden upsurge in cases of neonatal enteroviral myocarditis, reported from South West England and South Wales between June 2022 and April 2023 has alerted health agencies to bring in counteracting measures.

Impact: In view of this outbreak situation, the World Health Organisation advisory has urged clinicians seeing neonates and infants with shock may consider myocarditis as a differential diagnosis and test for enteroviruses.

SARS-CoV-2 and the nervous system: current perspectives.

SARS-CoV-2 infection frequently causes neurological impairment in both adults and children. Recent publications have described significant aspects of the viral pathophysiology associated with neurological dysfunction. In theory, neurological manifestations following SARS-CoV-2 infection may be caused directly by the effects of the virus infecting the brain or indirectly by the local and systemic immune responses against the virus.