Bengaluru: The Karnataka Health Department has put its healthcare infrastructure across the State on alert mode following reports of a surge in respiratory illnesses among children in China.
The action comes after the Centre issued an advisory to States and Union Territories urging them to immediately review public health and hospital preparedness measures. The Department also issued an advisory for citizens to be aware of the seasonal flu virus in regard to the same. “In view of the recent media reports of surge in respiratory illness among children in China and taking note of the World Health Organisation (WHO) statement on these reported cases, the increase in respiratory illness among children is attributed to usual causes like Influenza, Mycoplasma pneumonia, SARS-CoV-2, etc. and not due to any other unusual pathogen,” the Department noted in the advisory.
