Himachal has 19 H1N1 cases
Shimla | Wednesday, Dec 9 2009 IST
 

With three more people testing positive for H1N1 virus, the total number of swine flu patients in the Himachal Pradesh capital has risen to seven and that in the state to 19. Surveillance Officer of State Integrated Disease Surveillance Project Vinod Mehta told UNI that the condition of two patients admitted to hospital in Shimla was serious. The three patients are in the age group of 23 to 56 years. One of them, belonging to Shimla, had recently travelled to Chandigarh. Two patients, residents of Shimla and Junga, are in the isolation ward of Indira Gandhi Medical College in Shimla, while the third patient, a resident of Kullu, is under treatment at a private hospital in the town and is stated to be stable. Mr Mehta said Principal Secretary, Health, P C Dhiman had convened a videoconference last evening with CMOs and district Ayurveda officers to launch an Information Education Communication Programme with the community to check swine flu across the state. Influenza H1N1 virus pose high risk of transmission in cold and dry weather. The health authorities have advised the people not to take flu-like symptoms lightly and immediately report to hospitals. The swine flu toll in the state has gone up to three as 23-year-old Guddi Devi succumbed to the H1N1 virus on December 7 at IGMC Hospital here. A 46-year-old women and an eight-year-old boy from Solan had also succumbed to the disease recently.

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