As India reopened after two dreadful years of Covid-19, the country saw a re-emergence of infectious diseases and a new variant of the hand-foot-and-mouth disease, also known as Tomato Flu, creating quite a scare across many states.
Tomato Flu was first detected in the Kerala s Kollam district on May 6, 2022. As yet, no antiviral drugs or vaccines are available for the treatment or prevention of Tomato Flu, the ministry had said.
The government clarified that 'Tomato Flu' is a viral disease and although it has symptoms similar to other viral infections such as fever, fatigue, body aches, skin rashes and the virus is not related to SARS-CoV-2, monkeypox, dengue and/or chikungunya.