4 in 10 Households in Kolkata Had at Least One Person Suffering from Cough, Fever in Past 30 Days: Survey

Four in 10 households have had one or more individuals in their family suffering from health conditions such as persistent cough, congestion, fatigue, body ache and fever in the past 30 days, a survey by LocalCircles, amid a spurt of adenovirus and other viral infections, has found. While 13% of the respondents have had one family member unwell with one or more health conditions; 13% have had 2-3 individuals unwell; another 13% indicated that four or more family members have been unwell. ON-GROUND SITUATION Doctors on the ground told LocalCircles that school children are affected by adenovirus and most are being managed through OPDs. THE SYMPTOMS According to the US Centre for Diseases Control, there are a number of symptoms of adenovirus: Common cold or flu-like symptoms Fever Sore throat Acute bronchitis Pneumonia Pink eye Acute gastroenteritis Less common symptoms of adenovirus infection, according to CDC, include: Bladder inflammation or infection Neurological disease LocalCircles, a community social media platform, enables citizens and small businesses to escalate issues for policy and enforcement interventions and enables the government to make policies that are citizen and small business-centric.