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Thursday, July 15, 2010

India : Alert in West Bengal as sixth swine flu case comes to the fore

Via The Hindu :

" KOLKATA: After the detection of another case of swine flu, the threat of swine flu has re-emerged in West Bengal with six persons testing positive for the A (H1N1) virus over the last week, officials said here on Wednesday.

The matter of concern for officials of the State's Health Department is that none of the affected individuals have been able to report their history of travel or coming into contact with any person who has travelled abroad or to other States where the virus has resurfaced.

However, authorities were not going to introduce any measures for screening passengers at airports or railway stations, but instead focus on ensuring awareness among the people, Dr. Asit Biswas, Nodal Officer of the State Health Department's Swine Flu Wing said."

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