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Swine flu cases scale to 22 in JK
A 26-year-old post graduate medical student has tested positive for swine flu here,taking the total number of cases suffering to 22 in the state.
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A 26-year-old post graduate medical student has tested positive for swine flu here,taking the total number of cases suffering from the deadly virus to 22 in the state,health department officials said.
Of the total,12 swine flu patients are from Jammu and the rest from Kashmir valley,they said.
The test reports of the student that arrived from New Delhi today confirmed the presence of H1N1 virus following which he has been administered Tamiflu treatment.
Two armymen,who had caught the virus during their visit to their native places in Maharashtra,are receiving treatment at the Military Hospital in Satwari here and their condition is stated to be stable.
The condition of another woman,who had caught the virus in Pune,is also improving.
R S Charak,who has been appointed nodal officer for matter related to swine flu said that the government has enough medicine stock to treat the influenza.
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