Re: Preliminary Investigation Report - Outbreak of Influenza-like Illness in Kunigram (IEDCR, April 17 2012)
14 nurses diagnosed with swine flu
At least 14 nurses of Kurigram Nursing Training Institute have been tested positive for swine flu.
"Fourteen nurses among the 37 whose blood and cough samples were brought to the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) in the capital for diagnosing have been tested H1N1 positive, Prof Mahmudur Rahman, the director of the institute, told The Daily Star on Wednesday.
"The affected are now safe as doctors started prompt treatment with anti-viral drugs," Mahmudur Rahman said.
Swine flu can strike Bangladesh from April to September, he said adding that there is yet no death by the virus in Bangladesh
Meanwhile, Dr Aminul Islam, a doctor of Kurigram Sadar Upazila Health Complex, quoting the IEDCR report told our Kurigram correspondent that the swine flu virus that affected the nurses are not life threatening.
A six-member IEDCR team rushed to the Kurigram nursing institute on April 12 after the deputy civil surgeon of the district informed that 53 students of the dormitory were down with an unknown ailment.
They complained of fever, headache, throat ache, cough and occasional vomiting.
The first case of swine flu in Bangladesh was detected in 2009.
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