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Capital gets the shivers, it?s viral
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, March 22, 2012
First Published: 01:09 IST(22/3/2012)
Last Updated: 01:12 IST(22/3/2012)
Snigdha Kar, 32, a public relations executive with a leading bank, hasn?t gone to work for the past two days. She is down with a severe bout of viral infection that she contracted from her three-year-old daughter. ?My daughter got high fever ? around 103 degrees ? and a bad cold. I got a sore throat and severe headache the very next day. Now, even my domestic help is down with fever,? said Kar.
Delhi?s air is thick with viral infection, caused by fluctuating temperatures ? cold mornings and evenings but warm days.
For the past two weeks, hospitals and clinics are seeing a spurt in the number of people complaining of cold, cough, high fever, sore throat and headache ? all symptoms of viral infection.
?I see 10 patients a day compared to one or two two weeks ago,? said Dr Rommel Tickoo, senior consultant (internal medicine) at Max Hospital, Saket.
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HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, March 22, 2012
First Published: 01:09 IST(22/3/2012)
Last Updated: 01:12 IST(22/3/2012)
Snigdha Kar, 32, a public relations executive with a leading bank, hasn?t gone to work for the past two days. She is down with a severe bout of viral infection that she contracted from her three-year-old daughter. ?My daughter got high fever ? around 103 degrees ? and a bad cold. I got a sore throat and severe headache the very next day. Now, even my domestic help is down with fever,? said Kar.
Delhi?s air is thick with viral infection, caused by fluctuating temperatures ? cold mornings and evenings but warm days.
For the past two weeks, hospitals and clinics are seeing a spurt in the number of people complaining of cold, cough, high fever, sore throat and headache ? all symptoms of viral infection.
?I see 10 patients a day compared to one or two two weeks ago,? said Dr Rommel Tickoo, senior consultant (internal medicine) at Max Hospital, Saket.
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