{"id":11560,"date":"2021-06-03T17:07:18","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T17:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=11560"},"modified":"2021-06-03T15:14:30","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T15:14:30","slug":"cough-flu-cases-among-children-spike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/cough-flu-cases-among-children-spike","title":{"rendered":"Cough, flu cases among children spike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Health workers have noted that there is a rise in flu-like illness among children and adults.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Daily Monitor yesterday, Dr Sabrina Kitaka, a paediatrician, said they have noted an increase in the number of cough cases among children.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Kitaka urged parents to take children who present with cough for Covid-19 testing given the current state of the pandemic in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is important for all of us to have high level of suspicion for Covid-19 and maintain the standard operating procedures. You know Covid-19 presents with cough, fever, headache and a person presenting with cough should get tested,\u201d Dr Kitaka said yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Without presenting statistics, a number of health workers confirmed that flu-like symptoms are on the rise.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Ayella Ataro, the vice president of the Uganda Medical Association (UMA), however, cautioned that these cases cannot be treated as Covid-19 cases until one is tested.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is happening is that currently, we are in the second wave of the pandemic and some of this means some of the flu-like illnesses could be Covid-19 cases but others could be related illness,\u201dDr Ataro said.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Ataro said the rise in flu-like illnesses tend to occur during colder weather that is usually characterised with rain.Mr Peter Mukasa, a resident of Wakiso Town, said recently, one of his children developed cough. However, upon testing for Covid-19, the results were negative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis time around, we need to teach our children why they need to keep their face masks on, give them fruits and plenty of water,\u201d Mr Mukasa said.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Health has constantly urged the public to observe Covid-19 standard operating procedures including washing hands with soap, using sanitisers and observing social distancing as some of the measures to stop the spread of the deadly virus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. Health workers have noted that there is a rise in flu-like illness among children and adults. Speaking to Daily Monitor yesterday, Dr Sabrina Kitaka, a paediatrician, said they have noted an increase in the number of cough cases among children. 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