OD-SWINE FLU

Odisha reports first swine flu case of 2020
    Bhubaneswar, Feb 6 (PTI) Odisha on Thursday reported
its first swine flu case of the year, after a resident of
Dhenkanal district tested positive for the virus, officials
said.
    The patient is under treatment at the SCB Medical
College Hospital in Cuttack, they said.
    The person tested positive for the H1N1 virus and has
become the first confirmed case of swine flu in Odisha this
year, said Director of Medical Education and Training (DMET)
Prof CBK Mohanty.
    Mohanty said the patient was being treated as per WHO
guidelines, and that there is no possibility of spread of the
virus.
    Three patients, suspected to have contracted the
virus, were recently admitted to a special ward of the SCB
Medical College Hospital, of whom two tested negative.
    The two other patients will soon be discharged, a
doctor at SCBMCH said. PTI AAM
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