Pune: One more person has died in Pune of swine flu, taking the death toll in the city to 11 this year. The victim was a 48-year-old diabetic patient and was admitted on March 26 with fever and breathlessness. The swine flu death toll in the country has now gone up to 26 this year.
Doctors say that most of the cases have had underlying health complications. At least 330 H1N1 positive cases have been reported from six states. The Health Ministry is monitoring the situation. State health authorities say government hospitals have stockpiled the first line of treatment, Tamiflu.
Scientists at the National Institute of Virology IN Pune have seen 10 per cent to 15 per cent rise in swine flu cases in March.
In 2010, the World Health Organisation had warned that during the change of season, there will continue to be sporadic seasonal outbreaks, for a couple of years before the virus dies down.
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