No prescription, no eye drop solution
Mint. Chawla told Mint that they are monitoring the situation on the ground as there should not be misuse of antibiotics. Similar, advisory is being issued by the drug controller of the other states/UTs like UP, Haryana, Maharastra keeping the outbreak situation within their jurisdiction.
(Dr) Jeewan Singh Titiyal, professor of ophthalmology and Chief of RP Eye Center at AIIMS (Delhi) said, “There is an outbreak like situation of Conjunctivitis or eye flu this year across the country. At AIIMS, we are seeing significant increases in cases and more than 100 patients per day. This is a viral infection and this year we had extreme rains, floods, humid conditions.
Hygiene level has also gone down. What needs to be done is that people need to avoid touching their eyes and consult a doctor if they have itching and redness in their eyes. People should not use any ophthalmic solution without the recommendation of the doctor and use goggles if infected as it curbs the transmission of the virus." Meanwhile, the National Institute of Virology at Pune has started to collect samples from the positive cases to examine the situation.
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