Several hospitals have documented a week-over-week increase of over 50 percent in case numbers, primarily concentrated among patients aged 10 to 16 years.
Uttarakhand Health Secretary R Rajesh Kumar instructed Chief Medical Officers of the state to take steps for the prevention of conjunctivitis and to make people aware of the disease.
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Addressing a review meeting over rising cases of eye infections and other seasonal diseases during rainy season, Harish Rao said that the OP services at State-run Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital, Mehdipatnam will be increased
Terming the rising eye infection cases an “epidemic”, Dr J S Titiyal, chief of RP Centre, AIIMS, said the number of such cases are expected to hit the peak within the next few days
While there is no need for panic, senior public health officials have urged people to take proper precautions and in case they get infected, must diligently adhere to the prescribed treatment, he added.
Following the closure of schools in the state capital Itanagar and Kanubari sub-division of Longding district, Namsai and East Siang administrations have also ordered the temporary closure of schools for a few days
According to Shalini Mohan, head of ophthalmology at GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, a child can potentially infect an entire family of eight to ten individuals with conjunctivitis.
