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Government monitoring swine flu situation, assures JP Nadda

Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Wednesday assured that the government is monitoring the swine flu situation on a day-to-day basis. "All hospitals have been equipped with isolation wards and adequate medicines have been made available. The government is monitoring it on a day-to-day basis," said Nadda.

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Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Wednesday assured that the government is monitoring the swine flu situation on a day-to-day basis. "All hospitals have been equipped with isolation wards and adequate medicines have been made available. The government is monitoring it on a day-to-day basis," said Nadda.

Reminding the people that early reporting of suspected swine flu cases are essential, Nadda said there was no dearth of medicines at all. "Cooperate and see that there is no panic, we need to be alert. All state governments are proactively involved. There were some reports about the lack of medicines and we checked; no dearth of medicines at all," he added.

The death toll due to swine flu has now crossed the 600 mark across the country with Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra being the worst-affected states. At least 100 more casualties were reported in just three days since February 12.

In Maharashtra, at least 50 people have succumbed to the H1N1 virus, taking the total number of cases registered to 352 since January this year. Two people have also died in Kashmir due to swine flu.

The death toll in Delhi and Tamil Nadu is comparatively low even though the disease is wide spread. The Health Ministry officials have sent central teams to the worst-affected states like Rajasthan and Gujarat.

Swine flu is caused by H1N1 virus. Symptoms for swine flu include high fever, headache, muscle pain, diarrhoea, vomiting, stomach pain and internal and external bleeding. 

Also Read: Swine flu toll reaches 24 in Punjab, 17 die in Haryana

 

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