Why Is India Seeing A Concoction Of Covid, Cold, And Flu? Here Is What Doctors Say

Coronavirus Cases: Amid concerns over the new JN.1 sub-variant, India is seeing a simultaneous rise in respiratory diseases like RSV and influenza.

People wearing face masks at a Karnataka hospital after cases of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1 were detected in the country

Source : PTI

Having fever with symptoms like cough, sore throat and fatigue at this time of the year (winter) can be down to viral infections like common cold, influenza or even Covid-19. Amid a simultaneous rise in respiratory diseases and Covid cases, with concerns over the new JN.1 sub-variant, it can become hard to differentiate between the infections as they mimic common cold symptoms. While doctors said it is challenging to differentiate clinically between illnesses caused by the JN.1 variant and other