HYDERABAD: With doctors warning of possible swine flu outbreak in the twin cities, patients suffering from flu-like symptoms like fever, cold and cough made a beeline at the Government Chest hospital on Thursday, to get themselves scanned for swine flu. Dr K Subhakar, state chief coordinator, swine flu said the disease does spread faster during cooler weather in monsoon and winter. “As far as the twin cities are concerned, there have been two positive cases reported so far. But the virus could change its behaviour quickly. Therefore, we could see more infections due to the cool conditions,” he added. “Doctors must have a database of swine flu patients in the state and in the twin cities to check against any unusual outbreak,’’ said duty doctors at the hospital. They added that every season 10 percent of the population gets affected by common flu but if the number rises to 25-30 percent, then it could be a cause for concern.Dr Meera Bai, superintendent, Fever Hospital said that sufficient staff and stocks of medicines are available to cope up with any emergency situation. The district medical and health officials have released 80,000 doses of vaccines and the entire medical staff of government hospitals will be vaccinated. Besides, officials have alerted the Rajiv Gandhi International airport officials to scan passengers thoroughly. They have also asked school managements to keep premises clean and dry during monsoon.
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