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"The health department has urged people to maintain personal hygiene and also avoid self-medication. TIRUPUR: Of the 40 H1N1 cases reported in the district from last month, four people are suspected to have died of it.As no laboratory facility is available in the district to test H1N1 virus, patients are referred to the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital, a senior health department official said. "Since it is an airborne disease, it is important to maintain personal hygiene. "As per the data collected from government and private hospitals in Tirupur, Coimbatore and Erode districts, 46 residents were affected with H1N1 this year. Tamiflu is given to even fever patients since the medicine does not have much side-effect..