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On Saturday, two persons each in Jodhpur and Udaipur died of swine flu while one person died in Barmer. Other districts such as Udaipur, Alwar, Sikar, Pali and Barmer have also reported swine flu cases frequently in 2019 so far. But, we are continuously keeping a watch and have sent samples of swine flu patients of ongoing outbreak,” said Dr Ravi Prakash Mathur, additional director (rural health), health department. Jaipur: With five more swine flu deaths on Saturday taking the total toll to 48 in 19 days, the state is taking help of National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune to check if the swine flu virus has become more virulent in the state. The health department is checking if there is different strain of virus, which is taking toll on health of the people.“We are regularly sending swab samples to NIV, Pune..