Two more patients test positive for swine flu, count reaches 385 in Meerut

  • | Tuesday | 26th March, 2019

Meerut: With two new persons testing positive, the number of swine flu cases in Meerut reached as high as 385 on Monday. We are conducting regular awareness drives and asking people to ensure cleanliness around them. However, cases are not decreasing,” said Dr Raj Kumar, Meerut chief medical officer.The health department has been conducting awareness campaigns and issuing advisories. In spite of a rise in mercury and awareness drives by the health department, the number of cases continues to rise.“As many as two new cases of swine flu were confirmed on Monday in Meerut, making the total number of cases go up to 385. The count is just 10 less than the 395 cases of 2017.

Meerut: With two new persons testing positive, the number of swine flu cases in Meerut reached as high as 385 on Monday. The count is just 10 less than the 395 cases of 2017. In spite of a rise in mercury and awareness drives by the health department, the number of cases continues to rise.“As many as two new cases of swine flu were confirmed on Monday in Meerut, making the total number of cases go up to 385. We are conducting regular awareness drives and asking people to ensure cleanliness around them. However, cases are not decreasing,” said Dr Raj Kumar, Meerut chief medical officer.The health department has been conducting awareness campaigns and issuing advisories. They have, in the past, issued advisories to schools to not conduct morning assemblies to prevent overcrowding, which leads to spread of infection.“We have procured more Tamiflu medicines as the number of cases are rising, and have enough stock now,” said Dr Kumar.

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