Pink Eye Cases on Rise in Uttar Pradesh: Conjunctivitis Cases Record Sharp Increase in Kanpur and Jhansi Districts
A sharp rise in cases of conjunctivitis, commonly called the 'pink eye', are being reported from Kanpur and Jhansi. The eye infection is mostly seen in school-going children, and it is highly contagious. Shalini Mohan, head of ophthalmology, GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, said that a child can infect an entire family of eight to 10 persons.