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SIMPLY PUT: All You Need To Know To Keep Yourself Safe From The Newly Emerging Diseases

#COVID19 #monkeypox #TomatoFlu

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Is it just us or does it feel like we are all starring in #StrangerThings and living in ‘the Upside Down’? We sure are living in stranger times and dealing with unpredictable plot twists almost every other day.

On August 24, 2022, India reported 10,649 new cases of the novel #coronavirus.

While the once-novel disease keeps coming back in waves, it isn’t the only one that the country is battling today. New diseases such as #monkeypox and #TomatoFlu are also plaguing the whole world.

A new infection named #TomatoFlu has been reported from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Haryana & Odisha.

The infection results in tomato-shaped blisters on the body & causes skin irritation, joint pain, diarrhoea, nausea, discolouration of hands, knees and buttocks, vomiting, and fatigue.

While it is yet to be ascertained if it affects only children, the Union Health Ministry has issued a set of guidelines on how to protect children from the infection and its treatment course.

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As of August 24, there were 9 active cases of #monkeypox in India, with 4 in Delhi and 5 in Kerala.

Monkeypox starts with an unexplained acute rash. Other symptoms include swollen lymph nodes, fever, headache, body aches and profound weakness.

Swine flu is not a new outbreak, it had first appeared in 2015 and Rajasthan and Gujarat were among the worst-hit states. Around 218 people had succumbed to the #flu back in 2015.

Cases of swine flu or H1N1 flu and monsoon-related diseases are on the rise again in #Maharashtra.

In July, cases of Zika virus spread across Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Punjab and Delhi.

#Zika virus spreads mostly through the bite of infected Aedes mosquitoes and causes fever, headache, joint pain, red eyes, muscle pain and rash.

As the world grapples with new variants of #COVID19, #TomatoFlu and #monkeypox, there are 200 more active viruses, and bacteria in the air, thanks to climate change, said a report by Nature Climate Change. It could only worsen in years to come.

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