The scare around Chandipura virus- named after the village in India's Maharashtra from where it was identified first- is growing. The virus has claimed the lives of 15 kids in Gujarat in just few days. The number of persons infected with this virus has gone up to 29.
"Children's immune systems are less developed than adults', thus they might not be able to fight off the virus as well," says Dr Shreya Dubey - Consultant - Neonatology & Paediatrics, CK Birla hospital Gurgaon and blames misinterpretation of the symptoms as one of the main reasons for the fatal outcome of the infection in kids.
