INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
While India continues to battle COVID-19 and monkey pox, a new virus known as tomato flu, or tomato fever, has emerged in the state of
Kerala in children younger than five years, according to The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.The rare viral infection is in an endemic state and
is considered non-life threatening
According to reports, 82 children below five years of age have been infected so far.Additionally, 26 children (aged 1&9 years) have been
reported as having the disease in Odisha.To date, apart from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Odisha, no other regions in India have been affected by
However, precautionary measures are being taken by the Kerala health department to monitor the spread of the infection and prevent its
spread in other parts of India, First Post reported.Although the tomato flu virus shows symptoms similar to those of COVID-19, both are
associated with fever, fatigue, and body aches initially, and some patients with COVID-19 also report rashes on the skin, the virus is not
related to SARS-CoV-2.The disease gets its name on the basis of the eruption of red and painful blisters throughout the body that gradually
enlarge to the size of a tomato.The post India reports Tomato Flu outbreak in Kerala first appeared on Ariana News.
