
DPH urges people to avoid self-medication
The Hindu
‘People confuse between COVID and malaria as fever is a common symptom’
Director of Public Health Dr. G. Srinivasa Rao urged people to avoid self medication if diagnosed with COVID or any other disease. By now, people have become aware of the symptoms of COVID-19. And since fever is one of the common symptoms of COVID, there is a possibility of people confusing it with mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue and malaria and starting treatment for that without getting tested. If anyone starts medication to treat COVID after having symptoms like fever, and if it turns out to be dengue or malaria, that could lead to loss of life for late diagnosis, he said.More Related News

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