Of the two infant patients, one has been discharged, while the other is recovering. Experts & Centre stress Human Metapneumovirus not new & has been circulating for many years.
Virologists suggest China's heightened surveillance and stricter measures post-Covid may be behind the rise in reported cases of Human Metapneumovirus.
Severe AQI levels & low temperatures have caused spike in respiratory illnesses in children, say doctors. They're being diagnosed with bronchitis, bronchiolitis, pneumonia & asthma.
Approval for Moderna’s mRESVIA is the 1st time an mRNA vaccine has been approved for a disease other than Covid. This could be crucial for India where RSV's a major public health challenge.
The rise in cases became a global issue last week when WHO asked China for more information, citing a report on clusters of undiagnosed pneumonia in children.
About half of all inpatients, admitted for severe acute respiratory infections, and outpatients, being treated for influenza-like illness, were found to have H3N2, said ICMR.
Since the bulk of citizens did not regard drinking as a crime, they had no respect for the prohibition laws and did not cooperate with the police, wrote MV Venkata Rao in 1962.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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