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Tribune News ServiceAmritsar, August 12A patient from Gurdaspur with swine flu symptoms was shifted to Sri Guru Ram Das Ji Hospital here today. Her samples have been sent to the swine flu laboratory at Government Medical College. The swine flu lab, which had become operational two years ago, is proving a boon for patients as reports are readily available in a short period of time. While most private hospitals sent samples to Delhi, it took long before the reports were received back. No patient from the district has been found swine flu positive so far, he said.

Alarming surge of swine flu in Nepal

The H1N1 influenza A (pdm09) virus, known more commonly as the swine flu virus, was first detected in people of Mexico in April 2009. With more people being diagnosed with swine flu and the death toll rising, people are worried about the spread of the virus and its consequences. The recent outbreak is worrying because it seems to be the same strain of swine flu that caused a pandemic in 2009, and a major outbreak in Jarjarkot in 2015. Most of the patients diagnosed with swine flu have died because of pneumonia. Diagnosis and preventionThe only place for diagnosing influenza in Nepal is the influenza centre at the Nepal Public Health Laboratory, Teku.

Odisha medics to get swine flu vaccination

| Photo Credit: Biswaranjan Routmore-inWith swine flu outbreak assuming precarious proportion in Odisha and reports of doctors getting contracted, the State government started vaccinating doctors and paramedical staff on war-footing. The government will vaccinate all doctors and other medical professionals receiving swine flu cases. They have to prioritise vaccination programme based on staff handing swine flu patients cases," said J.K. Tripathy, State's director of public health on Saturday. First phaseDr. Tripathy expressed concerns over unavailability of sufficient vaccines that could cover all doctors and medical staffs. Seven swine flu deaths have been reported, two doctors have contracted H1N1, and around 100 positive cases have been detected.


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