The wards and the OPD of the district hospital, Matale are full of patients who are victims of the viral flu which is fast spreading in the Matale district. Among the patients are victims of rat fever, chikungunya, dengue, diarrhoea and infections like the viral flu. The patients are from the villages coming under the Municipal Council, Matale who are members of the same family, pregnant women, government servants and children under the age of 12 years.

More than 12,000 people in the Ratnapura district have been affected by a virus fever that reached epidemic proportions. Deputy Provincial Director Health Services, Dr. Athula Dangalla told at a meeting yesterday that a patient who was down with the viral fever and under treatment at Eheliyagoda died the previous day.

The Health Department has put its entire machinery on alert in Kerala following reports of viral fever from Vadakara in Kozhikode district.

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In the wake of persistent severe cold weather, spread of viral diseases like chickenpox, measles, chest infection and influenza among children is on the increase. According to doctors, the extreme chilly weather has badly disturbed the immunity system of the young ones. Hence, the kids are more vulnerable to viral diseases. The doctors say that there is 20 per cent increase in viral infection among the kids this winter as compared to what was experienced in January and February last year.