Hyderabad, Nov. 13 -- The Telangana Director of Public Health, B Ravinder Nayak, issued an advisory to prevent the flu on Thursday, November 12, as temperatures began to dip in the state.

The advisory came after the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast dry weather across the state, with minimum temperatures likely to drop by 2-3 degrees Celsius below normal. According to the IMD, Hyderabad is expected to have partly cloudy skies, with maximum and minimum temperatures forecast at around 32 degrees Celsius and 16 degrees Celsius, respectively.

According to the advisory, flu is a contagious respiratory infection that spreads when infected people cough or sneeze.

Common symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches and f...