Fig. 1: The epidemiology of RSV detections in three Australian states—New South Wales (NSW), Western Australia (WA), and Victoria (VIC).

Laboratory testing for RSV in 2020 as weekly percent positive (red line, left y-axis) and as total number of tests performed (grey bars, right y-axis). In each panel, the dashed red line represents mean monthly RSV percent positive over the three previous seasons, and corresponding red shading represents minimum and maximum weekly percent positive. Pink-shaded bars across the top of each plot indicate the severity of pandemic restrictions, with darker colours indicative of greater stringency. Blue bars across the top of each plot indicate the periods during which students did not attend school either due to pandemic restrictions or school holiday periods, with darker colours indicative of more stringent school restrictions.