Serious respiratory infections in youngsters are on the rise

Coughing, sniffing people fill doctor's clinics across Germany, and they don't just look awful; they undoubtedly feel it as well.

According to the country's public health organization, the Robert Koch Institute, more than 7 million individuals have been diagnosed with various respiratory ailments in the last month. Doctors are struggling to keep up with the increasing number of patients in such a short period of time.