Should India be worried about rising cases of respiratory illness in China?
COVID-19 pandemic, when disturbing images started pouring in from Wuhan. Gradually, the world got to know about the dangers of the coronavirus, which wreaked havoc across nations by killing thousands.
Once again, the rising cases of respiratory illness in China have made people worried.
Should India be worried about this surge? In an interaction with news agency ANI, Dr SK Kabra, (HoD Mother and Child Block, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, AIIMS) said that viral infections are common in winters and there is no possibility of another pandemic like COVID yet.
«The reports coming from China now show that there has been a sudden increase in respiratory infections between October and November and they have observed that it is more common in children. Mycoplasma has been seen. They have not seen any new or unusual viruses.
There is no indication yet that this is a new organism and it is difficult to say whether it can cause a pandemic like COVID. This possibility is not there yet,» Dr SK Kabra told ANI.
He added that common viruses in the winter season have been seen in the reports coming from China.
«Now experts have discussed this and according to them, there could be 2-3 things due to which it has increased. Firstly, virus infection is more common in winter and the main ones are Influenza, Adenovirus and Mycoplasma.
