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2 tribal students, doctor test H1N1 positive
PNS | Bhubaneswar/Cuttack
Two minor tribal girls have been tested positive for swine flu in Sundargarh district. Swab samples of these girls aged 13 and 7 years, which had been sent to the Regional Medical Research Centre here, were tested positive to H1N1 virus, Health Department official said.
The girls, both students of the Government Girls' High School at Jamapalli village, were among the over 200 students of the school who had undergone treatment for fever, cold and sore throat since October 28, the officials said.
Following this, the State Government on Sunday directed all schools to initiate precautionary measures to check swine flu. As per the State Health and Family Welfare Department's directive, school authorities have been asked through Collectors to remain alert to the situation as HINI virus would be more active and deadly during winter season.
“All school authorities, through CDMOs and Collectors, have been asked to remain alert as the virus spreads more during winter. Moreover, as we have already a testing facility at RMRC, there will be no problem in diagnosing the disease,” State Health Services Directorate director Gopinath Mahalick said.
Moreover, keeping in view the situation, the Health Department is also contemplating to relax the existing guidelines for the sale of prescribed swine flu medicines over retail counters but only on prescription of qualified doctors.
Meanwhile, a doctor of SCB Hospital who is suspected to have caught H1N1 virus has been admitted to the quarantined swine-flu ward of the hospital. Subhasis Singh, the PG student, got severely sick while he was on duty. He was immediately admitted to the quarantined swine-flu ward as he showed symptoms akin to the disease, sources said.
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