Cold-related diseases affect 6,010 more

Various cold-related diseases affected some 6,010 people across the country in the last 24 hours, the government said on Wednesday.

Data from the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) control room showed that 971 of the patients received treatment for acute respiratory infection (ARI), reports UNB.

Another 1,984 were treated for diarrhoea, and 3,055 for other diseases including jaundice, inflammation in the eye, skin diseases, and fever.

Fifty-seven deaths were reported across the country between 1 November 2019 and 21 January 2020 due to cold-related diseases, the government said.