This Article is From Feb 09, 2013

Swine flu cases rises to 37 in Faridabad

Swine flu cases rises to 37 in Faridabad
Faridabad: Two new suspected swine flu cases have been registered in ESI hospital here taking the number of persons affected with the virus to 37 across the district.

Among such cases, 11 of them have been declared positive by the Health Department. One youth has died of swine flu in the district so far.

"Taking the situation into consideration, all Employees State Insurance (ESI) hospitals and dispensaries have been put on alert," said Mukesh Kanswal, civil surgeon, ESI health care center.

As a special precautionary measure, the hospital authorities have created a special four-bed isolation ward for swine flu cases, Kanswal said.

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