New Delhi: Due to weather changes, the risk of the H3N2 influenza virus has started increasing in many states of the country. Although not many cases of this virus have been reported in the government hospitals of Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal led government is fully prepared to deal with any situation.

In this regard, Delhi Health Minister Saurabh Bhardwaj issued an advisory on Friday advising children and the elderly to take special precautions. Along with this, to prevent the spread of this seasonal influenza, strict instructions have been given to the District Surveillance Units, health facilities, and government hospitals to monitor. 

Addressing a press conference in this regard, Health Minister Bhardwaj said that this is the season of influenza. This type of seasonal influenza runs all over the world. At present, not many cases of influenza have been reported in the government hospitals of Delhi, so we do not need to panic and worry. We just have to be careful and responsible.

Patients with flu-like symptoms and patients with severe respiratory complaints will be monitored in the OPD and IPD of hospitals in all districts of Delhi to ensure early screening. If early rising trends are seen anywhere, they will be detected well in time. Apart from this, the Kejriwal government will advertise this in different languages through newspapers and FM radio in a few days. Through these advertisements, awareness will be spread among the people, he said.

He said that currently H-1N-1 influenza and H-3N-2 influenza are spreading widely in the country. Generally, its first peak time comes from January to March and the second peak comes at the end of the monsoon. This peak decreases till the end of March. This time, many patients with influenza are coming, whose medical history has diseases related to the lungs, serious conditions due to corona, and asthma, which is affecting them more, he said.

The Health Minister said that the Government of India has issued a Covid advisory in six states of the country. These states are Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Maharashtra, and Gujarat. However, Delhi is not included in these states. The Delhi government has got the genome sequencing done of the samples of the current coronavirus. This variant is non-hazardous. But still an advisory is being issued by the Delhi Government for the safety of the people, he said. /BI/