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Passengers
at India-Nepal border being checked for swine flu Lucknow:
In the wake of several cases of swine flu (H1N1 virus) reported from various
places in India , authorities in Uttar Pradesh have intensified surveillance along
the India-Nepal border. Addressing media persons here on Tuesday, Dr. I S Srivastava,
Director General, Health Services, Uttar Pradesh, said that a team of immigration
unit along with fully equipped para-medical personnel have been assigned at India-Nepal
border to screen and conduct health check-up of passengers arriving from across
the border. "The entire health unit is there to check people coming by all means
of transport, both air and road, to ascertain any suspected case of swine flu,"
he added. Meanwhile, interacting with the reporters in the national capital, Delhi
Health Minister Kiran Walia has said that the government is charting out a disaster
management plan to tackle any eventuality. "The situation has not arisen that
we need to negotiate with private hospitals. Right now we are planning a disaster
management plan because anytime such flu might spread, which may take a violent
turn later," Walia added. So far, a total of 68 people have been found positive
for swine flu across the country, out of which 32 patients have been treated as
inpatients in isolation wards and discharged. -June
24, 2009 Go
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