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Dr Aarti Nangia, senior consultant, ophthalmology at Fortis Hospital, Vasant Kunj here, said there has been an "increase" in cases of eye infections and conjunctivitis reported in Delhi lately. "It is either an isolated infection of the eyes or along with an upper respiratory tract infection like cough or cold. Because the virus is the same which is infecting the eyes and throat.
An Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) alert was sounded after the rural hospital in Alandi reported an unusual high number of patients with the infection.
India is seeing a surge in COVID-19 infections and a new variant is responsible for it: Arcturus. Experts say this one is 1.2 times more infectious than the Kraken strain. What is even more worrying is that this strain comes with a different symptom itchy conjunctivitis, especially in children