14 new swine flu cases in Delhi.Byline: ANI New Delhi, Aug. 8 (ANI): At least fourteen more people were reported to have tested positive for swine flu in the national capital on Saturday, pushing the total number of people afflicted af·flict tr.v. af·flict·ed, af·flict·ing, af·flicts To inflict grievous physical or mental suffering on. [Middle English afflighten, from afflight, with the H1N1 virus to 215 here. Confirmed positive cases included another case from the Sanskriti School, which shut down on Friday. eanwhile, State Chief Minister Shiela Dixit urged that there was no need to panic. "The government, and private hospitals are now conducting special tests for swine flu. More testing centres are being readied. There were centres already at RML RML right middle lobe (of lungs). (Ram Manohar Lohia hospital Formerly known as Willingdon Hospital, Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital is a 984 bed health care facility in New Delhi that caters primarily to Indian politicians and bureaucrats. ), LNJP (Lok Nayak Jaiprakash Hospital) but now more are being readied," said Dixit. According to a senior Health Ministry official of Delhi Government, apart from the 14 confirmed cases, 16 suspected patients of swine flu were admitted in hospitals across the city. Meanwhile, JP Singh, Principal Health Secretary of Delhi, has assured people that rigorous measures were being taken to deal with the pandemic pandemic /pan·dem·ic/ (pan-dem´ik) 1. a widespread epidemic of a disease. 2. widely epidemic. pan·dem·ic adj. Epidemic over a wide geographic area. n. . He also said that contact tracing was being conducted so as to identify all those who have come in contact with swine flu victims and hence could have been infected. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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