Assam football club creates swine flu awareness.Byline: ANI Guwahati, Sep 5(ANI): With numerous cases of swine flu swine flu n. A highly contagious form of human influenza caused by a filterable virus identical or related to a virus formerly isolated from infected swine. being detected in different parts of northeast, a local football club in Assam's Guwahati city has taken up an initiative to create mass awareness about the deadly H1N1 virus through a football tournament. In a tournament sponsored by Udyan Kristi Sangha sangha: see Buddhism. sangha Buddhist monastic order, traditionally composed of four groups: monks, nuns, laymen, and laywomen. Established by the Buddha, it is the world's oldest body of celibate clerics. , the Rainbow XI Club played the game wearing facemasks with an aim to create awareness about Swine Flu among the villagers, who have little knowledge about the disease. "We are wearing mask and playing football to create awareness about swine flu among the villagers, so that they can be vigil vigil (vĭj`əl) [Lat.,=watch], in Christian calendars, eve of a feast, a day of penitential preparation. In ancient times worshipers gathered for vespers before a great feast and then waited outside the church until dawn for the liturgy (Mass). and take necessary precautionary pre·cau·tion·ar·y also pre·cau·tion·al adj. Of, relating to, or constituting a precaution: taking precautionary measures; gave precautionary advice. Adj. 1. measures," said Monoj Basumatary, a Rainbow Club player. While, T. Medhi, a member of the organising committee, said: "Swine Flu is spreading and in this regard, the club from Odalbakra has done a fine job in creating awareness about the swine flu." In the first case of swine flu reported from the northeastern states, a 19-year-old Manipuri woman fencer who returned from a competition in Singapore tested positive for the disease. While in Meghalaya, five persons have already tested positive for the H1N1 virus and in Assam, a law student who recently came to Guwahati also tested positive. Authorities in the northeastern region have taken precautionary measures against the spread of swine flu. By Peter Alex Todd Todd , Sir Alexander Robertus 1907-1997. British chemist. He won a 1957 Nobel Prize for his study of nucleic acids and nucleotide structures. (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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