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Three New Swine Flu Cases In Delhi, Total 35 This Year

Three New Swine Flu Cases In Delhi, Total 35 This Year
New Delhi, INDIA: An Indian poultry seller displays chicken for sale at his shop in New Delhi, 18 February 2006. Indian government officials said 18 February 2006 that a laboratory had confirmed the country's first outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in chickens. India has received a batch of the anti bird-flu drug Tamiflu from the World Health Organisation to deal with any potential epidemic. The H5N1 bird flu virus is endemic in poultry in several Asian nations and has killed over 60 people and led to the slaughter of millions of poultry since the end of 2003. Experts fear the virus could mutate into a form that moves from human to human, sparking a pandemic. AFP PHOTO/ MANAN VATSYAYANA (Photo credit should read Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images)
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New Delhi, INDIA: An Indian poultry seller displays chicken for sale at his shop in New Delhi, 18 February 2006. Indian government officials said 18 February 2006 that a laboratory had confirmed the country's first outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in chickens. India has received a batch of the anti bird-flu drug Tamiflu from the World Health Organisation to deal with any potential epidemic. The H5N1 bird flu virus is endemic in poultry in several Asian nations and has killed over 60 people and led to the slaughter of millions of poultry since the end of 2003. Experts fear the virus could mutate into a form that moves from human to human, sparking a pandemic. AFP PHOTO/ MANAN VATSYAYANA (Photo credit should read Manan Vatsyayana/AFP/Getty Images)

NEW DELHI: Three persons, including a mother-son duo, have tested positive for swine flu in the national capital, taking the number of H1N1 influenza cases reported in the city to 35 this year.

A five-year-old child and his 33-year-old mother, both residents of INA colony, tested positive for swine flu after they underwent a check up at a clinic. Another 33-year-old woman also tested positive, said Charan Singh, Additional Director (Public Health), Delhi Government.

"With these, nine cases of swine flu have been reported in the national capital so far this month," he added.

Singh said a total 35 cases of swine flu have been reported in Delhi since January 1 till date.

Meanwhile, a 32-year-old woman from Ghaziabad has been suspected to be infected with the swine flu virus and is currently undergoing treatment at RML Hospital.

"The woman was referred by Anand Hospital and was later diagnosed positive for swine flu in that hospital. However, we will send her samples to National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) for reconfirmation," said Dr H K Kar, Medical Superintendent at RML Hospital.

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