Winter season is ready to affect the city and the day and night temperature decreasing gradually, amid the health department has also been gearing up to control the outbreak of seasonal diseases along with tackling Covid-19 spread.

City experts believe that Indore city will see a rise of about 20 percent in seasonal diseases in the coming days, and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has also issued guidelines for people to not confuse the symptoms of Covid-19 with seasonal diseases and to go for necessary testing. According to HoD of Medicine in MGM Medical College Dr VP Pandey, “As it is a transitional period for the weather, the cases of seasonal diseases including dengue, malaria, typhoid and others usually remain high. We usually see a rise of 15-20 percent in cases in this season ,” He added that it is a challenging period both for the people and for the medicos as the symptoms of seasonal diseases are similar to what of Covid-19. “People should not get confused with the symptoms and must go for testing of Covid-19 if they have any symptoms like fever, cough and cold, body ache, or others,” Dr Pandey added.

Meanwhile, Nodal Officer for Covid-19 Dr. Amit Malakar said, “Yes, the cases of seasonal diseases are increasing and mainly typhoid and other vector-borne diseases. Typhoid is a bacterial disease and is caused due to intake of contaminated water and food. People should continue to follow the hygiene even if cases of Covid-19 are decreasing as the fight is still going on.

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