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According to the Ministry of Health and Family, the H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, claimed the lives of 226 people across the country.
With the arrangement in five new colleges, swine flu tests are now being conducted in 50 locations across the state.
On Wednesday, the Ministry of Health headed by Secretary of State Preeti Sudan held a meeting to review measures taken to combat swine flu.
The Ministry of Health announced that it had sent a public health team to Rajasthan to badess the situation and help states to strengthen the response to the increase in the number of cases. Additional teams in Gujarat and Punjab to help states cope with epidemics have also been commissioned.
"Videoconferences are regularly organized to monitor the situation. States were urged to involve district collectors in strengthening public awareness and combating epidemics, "said the ministry.
Gujarat has the second highest number of deaths (43) followed by Punjab (30), while more than 6,600 cases were recorded in 2019.
16 people lost their lives in Himachal Pradesh this year, said Tuesday the Minister of Health and Welfare, Vipin Singh Parmar, in a statement on the agenda in front of the Assembly of State on Tuesday.
Parmar informed the Chamber that since January 1, 2019, no less than 321 cases have been tested and that 105 persons have contracted seasonal influenza (33 in Shimla, 32 in Kangra, 11 in Bilaspur, eight in Mandi, six in Solan, five in Hamirpur and Chamba, two in Una and one in Kullu and Sirmaur districts).
The minister said that Himachal had reported 123, 14, 77 and seven cases in the last four years (2015-2018) and that the number of deaths during that period was 27, 5, 15 And two.
An alert was also launched in Uttarakhand after 11 people died of swine flu in less than a month, mainly in Dehradun, health officials said.
(With agency entries)
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