Among the COVID-19 pandemic, cases of viral fever among children are rising in Bihar and many of the patients have been hospitalised. Cautioning against unnecessary panic, doctors associated with major state-run facilities have assured people that there is no shortage of infrastructure at present. Symptoms of COVID-19 have not yet been seen among the children who are under treatment for viral fever.

The surge in viral fever cases among children has been reported in several hospitals in the state capital. The number of children affected with viral fever is also rising in other districts, including Muzaffarpur ( North Bihar).

In Patna, all four major hospitals —All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH), Nalanda Medical College and Hospital (NMCH) and Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences — are crowded with children suffering from viral fever.

The state government is already on high alert and as of now.