The air quality index (AQI) in Delhi has remained consistently in the ‘severe-plus’ category for the past few days, affecting healthy individuals and severely impacting those with pre-existing health conditions.
The crisis has led to hospitals in the national capital seeing an increase in patients with respiratory ailments linked to severe air pollution in the city.
There has also been a rise in cases of “walking pneumonia”, a term that healthcare providers use to refer to an illness that is less severe than full-blown pneumonia.
Bed rest or hospitalization are usually not needed, which is why it was nicknamed “walking pneumonia”.
