This Article is From Feb 12, 2013

27 fresh cases of swine flu in Delhi

New Delhi: Twenty-seven fresh cases of swine flu were reported in the capital on Monday including a Chief Medical Officer (CMO) at a hospital that treats patients of H1N1.

Those suspected with the disease have been admitted to Safdarjung hospital, Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and Lok Nayak Hospital among others.

Chief Medical Officer of the swine flu detection centre at RML Hospital, S K Sharma, along with a junior doctor have also been detected with the virus and they have been put under home quarantine for suspected influenza A (H1N1).

The Delhi government had last week identified 17 government and five private hospitals for isolation care and treatment facility for H1N1 cases.

Three people have died due to swine flu in Delhi.

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