Five more test postive for swine flu in AP
By chennaivision at 27 July, 2009, 10:44 am
Hyderabad, Five more persons today tested positive for the swine flu, taking the number of people infected with H1N1 virus in Andhra Pradesh to 61.
Those infected included a five-year-old boy, who had not travelled abroad, Chest Hospital Superintendent S V Prasad told UNI.
The four others who tested positive belonged to Visakhapatnam.
As many as 50 people have been successfully treated and discharged from the hospital so far, Dr Prasad said.
Meanwhile, a 30-year-old man, who flew down from Malaysia, was among the seven people who were admitted with suspected symptoms of the disease. ”We have sent the blood samples and mouth swabs of the seven to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Delhi and are awaiting reports.
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