The number of H1N1 positive cases in Mizoram climbed to four with two more swine flu cases reported in the state on March 19.
A senior official of the state Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) termed the situation in the state 'alarming' after two patients from Kolasib district, along the Mizoram-Assam border, tested H1N1 positive. The two claimed that they never ventured outside the State.
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Out of ten samples sent to the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED), Kolkata, four have tested positive. A committee has been formed to prevent the spread of swine flu in the state.
A IDSP nodal officer said, Mizoram's first swine flu patient, who got infected in Delhi, has been completely cured.
Source: Medindia
Source: Medindia
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