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India’s first H3N2 deaths from Karnataka, Haryana
Updated On: 11 March, 2023 08:38 AM IST | Bengaluru | Agencies
Both patients had comorbidities; experts call for increased monitoring and precaution measures, but also reassure that there is no need to panic yet
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Experts said H3N2 outbreaks are more severe than regular flu and can ‘indeed cause death’. Representation pic/AFP
India has recorded its first two deaths due to the Influenza A subtype H3N2, one each from Karnataka and Haryana, official sources said on Friday. In Karnataka, 82-year-old Hire Gowda died due to the H3N2 virus on March 1, an official from the state health department said.
The deceased in Haryana was a lung cancer patient. H3N2 is a non-human influenza virus that normally circulates in pigs and that has infected humans, according to the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The symptoms mimic those of flu, including fever, cough, body ache, runny nose, etc.
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