Four new cases of Swine Flu were reported by the district health department on Friday. Out of these newly affected patients two are children. One seven year old girl is a resident of Jolly grant and other five year old is a resident of Rajiv Nagar Near Rispana Bridge.
Another patient a 50 year old woman of Nehru colony in Dehradun and a 26 year old Saharanpur were also found suffering from the H1N1 virus.
All these patients are currently undergoing treatment in Himalayan hospital Jollygrant and Associated hospital of Government Doon Medical College (GDMC).
The district In charge of integrated disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), Dr Puneet Chandra said that on the day four more persons were found suffering from the disease.
Dr Chandra said 86 cases have been found positive by the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) in this year and out of them 56 are from Dehradun, 19 are from other districts of the state and 11 are from other states.
He said that 14 patients suspected to be suffering from the disease are at present undergoing treatment in different hospitals of Dehradun.
Out of them eight patients are admitted in Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust (HIHT), three in Vaish hospital and one each in associated hospital of Government Doon Medical College (GDMC), Synergy and Kailash hospital.
He further informed that the department has sent samples of 111 suspected patients to the NCDC for test of H1N1 this month but reports of 06 samples are yet to arrive.
So far 15 patients have succumbed to swine flu so far out of which ten are from Dehradun; two belonged to Pauri while one each belong to Haridwar and Uttarkashi.
The health department has so far sent samples of 228 patients to NCDC to test presence of H1N1 virus in this year.
The unseasonal spurt of the disease during the monsoon season this year is worrying the health experts. This disease usually surfaces during winter season.
Swine flu is a viral disease, its virus is also called H1N1 and its genetic analysis has shown that it has originated from the animals specially pigs hence it is called Swine flu.
The virus spreads from person to person similar to that of seasonal influenza.