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Swine
flu Reports Two
swine flu suspects under observation in Pune
Pune: Two passengers, who arrived from Spain
and the USA respectively, have been kept under observation at a hospital in Pune
since they were suspected to be patients of swine flu. Presently the suspected
patients have been quarantined in the isolation ward of Naidu Hospital in Pune.
According to a senior physician of the hospital, blood samples of the patients
have been sent to the city-based National Institute of Virology (NIV) for analysis.
"Considering suspected viral infection they have been kept in isolation and their
samples will be sent to the NIV, Pune to find out whether they are suffering from
the swine flu, which is H1N1. Till that time they will be treated with antibiotics
and other drugs. Only after the confirmation, whether they have this type virus,
H1N1 virus or not, that will be clear, and further course of treatment...will
be decided after that. If the reports come negative they'll be sent out immediately,"
said Dr. N B Kadam, physician-specialist, Naidu Hospital , Pune. World Health
Organisation (WHO) laboratories have confirmed 4,694 infections with the new strain
of H1N1 flu, which the United Nations agency said on Monday has killed at least
53 people. The official tally, which tends to lag national reports, is considered
more secure and it includes 48 deaths in the disease epicentre Mexico , three
deaths in the United States , and one each in Canada and Costa Rica . A total
of 30 countries have had infections with the swine flu strain that is a genetic
mixture of swine, bird and human viruses. Mexico has had 1,626 laboratory-confirmed
cases, the United States has had 2,532, and Canada has had 284. Costa Rica has
had 8 laboratory-confirmed confirmed cases. The European countries with the largest
number of confirmed cases to date are Spain (95) and Britain (47). -May
12, 2009 Go
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