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As Covid-19 cases in India has been rising after an interval, a new variant is causing unique symptom in children, experts have said.
Symptoms of the XBB 1.16 variant, also known as Arcturus, causes high fever, cold, cough and itchy conjunctivitis with sticky eyes, news reports quoted Vipin M Vashishtha, former convenor of the Indian Academy of Paediatrics.
“For the last 2 days, have started getting pediatric Covid cases once again after a gap of 6 mo! An infantile phenotype seems emerging—treated infants w/ high fever, cold & cough, & non-purulent, itchy conjunctivitis w/ sticky eyes, not seen in earlier waves,” Vashishta tweeted on April 6.
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"All eyes should be on India! If XBB.1.16 aka #Arcturus could succeed in wading through the 'sturdy' population immunity of Indians that successfully resisted the onslaught of variants like BA.2.75, BA.5, BQs, and XBB.1.5, then the whole world must be seriously worried!!" Vashishta said in another tweet.
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