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Assam on alert
against swine flu Guwahati:
Alert has been sounded in Assam against the outbreak of the H1N1 virus, commonly
known as swine flu. Authorities in pork loving Assam convened a high-level meeting
to issue directives to the concerned officials regarding the precautionary measures
to be taken. "We have already alerted all our pig farm managers and the district
officials to be alert if any influenza, swine flu is reported among the pigs.
It should be immediately treated. They have been asked to keep general surveillance
on the pig population of the area," said Shyamlal Mewara, principal secretary,
vet and animal husbandry. Pig meat is a staple diet of the people of northeast
and particularly Assam. Use of pork is customary among many tribes of the state
on many religious and auspicious occasions. The Governments of other states -
Meghalaya, Mizoran, Tripura and Manipur have also sounded alert. Reportedly, three
passengers have been admitted at Ram Manohar Lohia hospital in New Delhi and are
being quarantined for symptoms of swine flu infection. Two out of the three passengers
have been flown in from Chicago and third from London. Mexico, however, has lowered
its estimated death toll from a new strain of flu to up to 101 on Friday from
as many as 176 previously. It expressed the hope it may be getting control of
an epidemic that has raised fears of a pandemic. Fifteen countries have confirmed
cases of the new H1N1 swine flu virus. South Korea confirmed its first case at
the weekend, a day after Hong Kong reported Asia's first H1N1 patient and sealed
off a hotel where the man had been staying. Almost all infections outside Mexico
have been mild, and only a handful of patients have required hospital treatment. -May
2, 2009
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