Not only H3N2, but others too take Mum by storm

First India Bureau

Mumbai: While the H3N2 flu virus, which has been increasing respiratory illnesses across the nation, has prompted the union health ministry to urge states to be vigilant, it has only been found in a few cases at the BMC's Kasturba Hospital over the past few months, according to civic health officials on Saturday.

"We have been receiving one or two cases of H3N2 every month in the flu panel tests done primarily for H1N1 virus,"

BMC chief health officer Dr Mangala Gomare said on Saturday.

According to Sanjay Khandare, the state health secretary, there are currently no H3N2 cases. He said, "We will increase our monitoring and perform genome sequencing in accordance with the Union government's instructions. However, doctors claim that there is proof of constant viral attacks at different outpatient clinics and hospitals, where patients are arriving with fevers caused by the flu as well as other viruses like adenoviruses and the respiratory syncytial virus. Poor data is a result of high costs; The reason for poor data are costs; while the first flu panel with the H1N1 test costs ` 8,000, the other panels (if the first panel is negative) could range from `1,500 to `20,000.

"Our statistics indicate that influenza A and H3N2 cases are on the rise across the nation," said Dr Nilesh Shah of Metropolis Laboratory. Every month, the facility runs hundreds of flu panel tests, and in January and February, the amount of H3N2 has been increasing. According to the union health ministry, H3N2 instances began to increase in the middle of December 2022 and may begin to decline in March, when the flu season will have ended in many regions of the nation.

In Mumbai, where flu cases typically start rising in June, doctors blame the “strange weather patterns” for high viral activity.

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F1 car catches fire during Oracle Red Bull racing

Mumbai (ANI): A For- mula 1 car caught fire during the Oracle Red Bull racing event in Mumbai's Bandra on Sunday, officials have confirmed. The incident occurred at Bandstand in Mumbai's Bandra where the car racing was taking place.

The rescue team arrived promptly and managed to extinguish the fire. Fortunately, no casualties have been reported in the incident and further details are awaited in the case. Oracle Red Bull Racing runs billions of race-strategy simulations on Oracle Cloud

Infrastructure (OCI), helping give drivers get their best chances to win. The event marked the return of Oracle Red Bull racing to India after an eight-year hiatus.

Commissioner (Western Suburbs) Sanjeev Kumar," it said, adding stringent action including stopping the construction work will be taken against violators of dust control measures.

The air pollution situation has arisen like never before in the Mumbai metropolitan city. In the post-COVID-19 period, the dust generated by largescale construction as well as various development works, and changes in the wind speed are the two main factors, the statement said.