Sri Lanka, April 20 -- Health authorities say that there is an increasing trend of diarrhoea cases among children after the New Year period and the viral flu and influenza are also rapidly spreading among children in Sri Lanka at present.

Lady Ridgeway Hospital's Consultant Paediatrician Dr. Deepal Perera advised parents to immediately seek medical attention if their children have been suffering from fever continuously for 3 to 4 days.

Speaking to the media, he said it has been observed that the flu and influenza was rapidly spreading mostly among young children and the symptoms of the viral flu and influenza are generally cough, phlegm, vomiting and diarrhoea.

Stating that some people had shown symptoms common to the flu and influenza...