Viral pneumonia returns to haunt Kolkata

Scores of children across the city have been afflicted with highly transmissible forms of viral pneumonia, including at least one who has also tested positive for Covid. It has been triggered by viruses that are usually active in winter, said doctors, who also suspected that they may have turned more virulent after remaining subdued during the pandemic.

Viral pneumonia returns to haunt Kolkata
Scores of children across the city have been afflicted with highly transmissible forms of viral pneumonia, including at least one who has also tested positive for Covid. It has been triggered by viruses that are usually active in winter, said doctors, who also suspected that they may have turned more virulent after remaining subdued during the pandemic.