Emergency in KP hospitals as cough, cold spreads

Peshawar: Colds, coughs and chest diseases began to spread in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as in six months more than 1,30,000 people were affected.

The KP health department declared an emergency in the hospitals due to the increasing number of patients. This disease become an epidemic in 35 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and more than 130,000 people have been affected by it so far.

Health experts stated that the spread of these diseases is not something to be afraid of when winter approaches, but if precautions are not taken, it will start affecting more like the corona virus itself.

Doctors added that as soon as a cold occurs, people should take the same precautions as they used to avoid corona.