Fresh swine flu cases reported in 2 more Pune schools

Swine flu cases among students here continued to rise with two more schools reporting the viral infection today, taking the number of affected educational institutions in the city to nine.

The latest addition to the list were the 'New English' and 'Vivekanand' schools from where one each student tested positive for the virus.

Ten more positive cases, including an NRI from the UK too were reported during this period taking the number of affected persons here to 86 out of which 66 were students, hospital officials said today.

The schools from where infections had been reported would remain closed till August 5, civic officials said.

Doctors monitoring the Swine flu control cell, however, said 44 positive cases had been successfully treated and discharged and there was no cause for panic as the viral infection was treatable and self-limiting in nature.

Meanwhile, relatives of some of the patients admitted to a government hospital at Aundh complained of unhygienic conditions in the quarantined ward for swine flu cases.