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    KATHMANDU, April 4 :Although health officials have still been claiming that it is seasonal and common flu, five people have already died and 30 others are infected with swine flu virus in the last three months.

    The Epidemiology and Diseases Control Division (EDCD) of the Department of the Health Services (DoHS) has confirmed that three females and two males including Bhaba Krishna Bhattarai, joint-secretary at the National Planning Commission (NPC), died of influenza A (H1N1) virus, which is commonly known as swine flu virus.

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    Re: Nepal: Swin flu claims 3 in 3 months, 30 infected

    H1N1 flu cases on rise: Docs



    KATHMANDU, APR 10 - An influenza virus has started rearing its ugly head with an increase in the number of people detected with the flu.

    Six people have died while 31 are detected positive with an H1N1 influenza ?A? commonly known as swine-flu since January this year. This virus, expert say, has been in circulation since the 2009 pandemic outbreak of the influenza which had claimed four people then.

    The first casualty of the virus was detected in Nepal when a patient died in New Delhi after being referred from Norvic Hospital in January. A patient died in Patan Hospital two days back which the National Public Health Laboratory (NPHL) of the government confirmed was due to the flu.
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