Swine flu has spread to all corners of the national Capital with 84 patients tested positive on Sunday out of 530 in the laboratories of various hospitals. According to the official data of the Delhi Government, the total number of swine flu cases has reached 2,241. The figure is expected to increase as more cases are being reported with patients coming to hospitals.
However, no death was reported on Sunday. Till date, the number of swine flu deaths caused by H1N1 virus infection is 8. Delhi Government officials said that the situation was under control and sufficient stock of medicines for treating the disease was available and there was no cause for panic. Hospitals have been kept on alert and experts have been put on the job to contain the spread of the disease in the city.
The Health Department has also granted licence to 40 new drugstores to sell Tamiflu tablets for treatment of swine flu in the national Capital. The Government has ordered all private medical labs not to charge more than Rs4,500 to carry out tests for the viral disease following complaints of several patients that tests are being conducted at exorbitant rates in the city’s private labs.
Health Department officials carried our raids in the backdrop of complaints that despite Government putting a lid on the price of test, some laboratories were charging exorbitant prices from the patients.