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Home / Health News / Swine flu in India: 84 tested positive, no new death in Kashmir

Swine flu in India: 84 tested positive, no new death in Kashmir

By: Agencies   | | Published: February 19, 2015 3:56 pm
Tags: In the news  Kashmir  Swine flu prevention  
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The Jammu and Kashmir health department Wednesday sounded an alert in the state after two people died of swine flu. Showkat Zargar, director of the super specialty Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) told a media conference here that two patients who were being treated for swine flu have died here during the last two days but asked people not to panic. Two patients infected by H1N1 virus have died in Kashmir Valley while 71 more have tested positive and are undergoing treatment, he said, adding that while one death was confirmed to have occurred due to the virus, another patient, a woman, had critical cardiac ailments as well but was infected with the H1N1 virus too. (Read: H1N1 takes 5 more lives, total toll 155 in Gujarat) Also Read - Ganesh Chaturthi 2020: 4 reasons an eco-friendly Ganesha is good for you

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Today, thirteen more persons have tested positive of swine flu in Kashmir, taking the toll of people infected with the disease to 84, with no new death reported so far, health officials said today. Thirteen new patients have tested positive for H1N1 virus and have been admitted to the hospital, Head of Department (HoD) of Medicine, Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Parvaiz Kaul said. (Read: Swine flu in India: 160 suspected cases in Punjab, Haryana has reported over 100 cases) Also Read - Violence and terrorism: How you should talk to your child about these human tragedies

Kaul, who is also in-charge of the Influenza Project in the state, told PTI that the new patients have been kept in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital. We have kept the patients in isolation and are monitoring their condition regularly, he said. The doctor said the hospital was receiving many patients suspected to be infected with swine flu, and tests were being conducted on them to confirm whether they were positive or negative. (Read: 10 facts about swine flu you should know)

We are conducting tests on the suspected patients and those infected have been admitted to the hospital and are being treated, he said. With these 13 new cases, the total number of people in the Valley who tested positive for the swine flu virus has climbed to 84. However, no new death has occurred due to the H1N1 virus, Kaul said. There have been only two deaths of the patients infected with the virus, he said. (Read: Mizoram reports first case of swine flu, was in Delhi for a while)

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Published : February 19, 2015 3:56 pm
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