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Influenza cases rising amid Covid-19 pandemic
Health experts warn of increase in severity and fatality due to misdiagnosis and negligence.
Arjun Poudel
Published at : August 24, 2021
Updated at : August 24, 2021 07:50
Kathmandu
Last week, a man in his early 30s reached the Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital with Covid-19-like symptoms. He told the doctors that he suspected he might have been infected with the coronavirus even though his test results had come negative.
“Since his Covid test was negative, we recommend the patient get an influenza test. It was confirmed he had contracted influenza,” Dr Sher Bahadur Pun, chief of the Clinical Research Unit at the hospital, told the Post.
Pun says there has been a rise in the number of patients visiting the hospital who are infected with influenza A and B virus.
“It’s not just Covid-19 cases we have to worry about at the moment. Influenza patients are also increasing in recent times,” Pun said.
According to the World Health Organisation’s Global Influenza Surveillance, over 240 influenza cases have been reported in Nepal in the first and second weeks of August. Cases of influenza B infections have shot up significantly since the second week of August...
Influenza cases rising amid Covid-19 pandemic
Health experts warn of increase in severity and fatality due to misdiagnosis and negligence.
Arjun Poudel
Published at : August 24, 2021
Updated at : August 24, 2021 07:50
Kathmandu
Last week, a man in his early 30s reached the Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital with Covid-19-like symptoms. He told the doctors that he suspected he might have been infected with the coronavirus even though his test results had come negative.
“Since his Covid test was negative, we recommend the patient get an influenza test. It was confirmed he had contracted influenza,” Dr Sher Bahadur Pun, chief of the Clinical Research Unit at the hospital, told the Post.
Pun says there has been a rise in the number of patients visiting the hospital who are infected with influenza A and B virus.
“It’s not just Covid-19 cases we have to worry about at the moment. Influenza patients are also increasing in recent times,” Pun said.
According to the World Health Organisation’s Global Influenza Surveillance, over 240 influenza cases have been reported in Nepal in the first and second weeks of August. Cases of influenza B infections have shot up significantly since the second week of August...