Swine flu threat looms with 2 deaths
BY OUR STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI, July 23: With two persons succumbing to swine flu in Guwahati and 134 cases of those infected with H1N1 virus detected in Assam, the vector-borne disease is emerging as a potent health threat in the State.
While one person died in Guwhati in April this year, another swine flu death has been reported in July in the city.
Swine flu broke out in the country in 2009, and since then, H1N1 infections have been reported regularly from across the country. Doctors said that the virus can surface any time of the year.
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BY OUR STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI, July 23: With two persons succumbing to swine flu in Guwahati and 134 cases of those infected with H1N1 virus detected in Assam, the vector-borne disease is emerging as a potent health threat in the State.
While one person died in Guwhati in April this year, another swine flu death has been reported in July in the city.
Swine flu broke out in the country in 2009, and since then, H1N1 infections have been reported regularly from across the country. Doctors said that the virus can surface any time of the year.
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