Several people have died in Asia following a viral spread of infectious ailments making life uncomfortable for the people.
A total of 1,589 people have died as a result of infectious diseases on the Chinese mainland in March, official data has said.
According to the National Health and Family Planning Commission, there were 544,132 cases of infectious diseases reported on the mainland during the month.
More than 325,791 cases were classified as Class B infectious diseases under China’s Law on the Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, resulting in 1,579 deaths.
Viral hepatitis, tuberculosis, syphilis, gonorrhoea as well as bacterial and amoebic dysentery accounted for 95 per cent of these cases.
Category C diseases were responsible for 218,341 cases and 10 deaths.
Infectious diarrhea, foot and mouth disease and influenza were the most prevalent in this category, accounting for 90 per cent of cases.