COLUMBIA, S.C. (WRDW/WAGT) – Prisma Health, a hospital in Columbia, announced it will temporarily restrict children’s visits to hospitalized patients.
Prisma Health said this is due to increased rates of community influenza and other respiratory illnesses.
Experts say 4.6 million flu cases have occurred across the United States since the season began, with 1,900 patients dying, including one case in South Carolina.
The hospital will restrict anyone 15 and younger from visiting hospitalized patients as of Tuesday, Dec. 30…