Hannibal Regional Hospital is lifting its restrictions on visitors under the age of 16.

Hospital officials say that although entovirus is currently circulating in many states, visits to the Hannibal Regional Hospital Emergency Room are down to levels comparable with a year ago.

The visit restriction was put in place a few weeks back because of the numbers of children and adolescents reporting respiratory illness.

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