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Meerut: Just 14 days into January, as many as 33 cases of swine flu have been confirmed in Meerut. With the number of cases shooting up, the health department authorities have set up more health camps across the district and are conducting awareness drives about this high contagious disease.“On Monday, the count of swine flu cases reached 33 in Meerut. This was approved and the consignment of vaccines reached Meerut on Monday. The patients have to be kept in isolation so that others do not contract it.Active case finding is being done in the areas where swine flu cases have come to light. The standard protocol to tackle swine flu is that once a case of swine flu is reported, the health authorities conduct a case mapping and at least 50 houses situated in proximity of the patient’s house are surveyed and checked in case anyone else has contracted the virus..