After the H3N2 virus claimed one victim in Haryana, the state health minister Anil Vij on Friday said that the cause of the patient's death is yet to be confirmed as he also had lung cancer.
Amid rising cases of the H3N2 virus across the country, the Union Ministry of Health on Friday said that the cases arising from seasonal influenza including H3N2 which has claimed one death each in Haryana and Karnataka are expected to decline from March end.
Amid a spurt in cases of the H3N2 virus, medical experts said that the virus can spread from person to person during the festival and it's important to take precautions.
"In the last two weeks, there have been a lot of respiratory tract infections happening in the form of fever, cough, runny/blocked nose, body ache and headache," expert said.