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In India, dengue infection is spreading rapidly in Delhi, West Bengal, Maharashtra and Jharkhand. Mumbai has reported a significant upsurge in infections, recording 3,068 cases between June and September 25, a threefold increase from the previous year. ....
India s pharmaceutical market contracted by 4.5% in June due to a fall in anti-infectives and respiratory drug sales as Covid cases decreased. According to an IQVIA report, the Moving Annual Turnover (MAT) growth for June fell to 10.6% from 11.3% in May. The highest growth therapies were anti-viral, antineoplast/immunomodulator, urology and vaccines. The report also shows a higher growth rate for the chronic segment than the acute segment. Sandeep Budhiraja of Max Healthcare noted that they are seeing a relatively mild flu season, which is occurring earlier than usual. ....
Public health experts suggest that a fourth dose of the Covid vaccine is unnecessary for now. With only 220 million people taking the third dose, a fourth dose may help build resistance, but health experts don t see the need for it as Covid cases in India have drastically decreased. Instead, considering the high number of flu cases in India s cities, vaccinating against flu may be a better idea. ....
Doctors are seeing an increasing number of patients with flu-like symptoms, which they say is earlier than the usual peak flu season. The good news is that it is not Covid-19. "Yes, we are seeing patients with flu-like symptoms including fever, body aches, cough, cold. This is seasonal flu. We used to normally see these cases in post monsoon months. This time we are seeing cases earlier than usual," said Sandeep Budhiraja, group medical director at Max Healthcare and senior director, Institute of Internal Medicine. ....