Hyderabad, May 27 -- Ahead of the monsoon in Hyderabad and recent cases of COVID-19 in other Indian districts, many residents of the city are concerned about the virus.

Though all experts are asking individuals to stay alert and exercise precautions, doctors are saying that there is no need to panic.

Hyderabad doctor's views on monsoon-COVID link myth

Speaking to Siasat.com, Dr. Sri Karan Uddesh Tanugula, Consultant General Physician at Yashoda Hospital, said that there is no direct link between COVID and monsoon.

He said that although monsoon season brings flu, malaria and dengue, there is no direct relation with COVID.

Another expert, Dr. Mohammed Sarosh Ahmed, Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine (Public Health), ...