Swine flu loses steam as number of cases recede

With the change in weather, the swine flu virus that is highly active in the state for last four months, appeared to slow down, hence providing a much-needed relief to public and health department as well. With the decreasing number of reported cases of people tested positive for the H1N1 virus in June, officials at the health department are expecting that the number of positive cases will go as minimum as zero by the next month.

According to the daily status report of influenza A (H1N1) in the state, only 20 people have been found positive for swine flu including 2 reported deaths during first 19 days of June month so far. A number of positive cases dropped drastically during last 10 days as 14 out of these 20 positive cases are reported before June 8.

In June so far, 65 suspects were tested for influenza A (H1N1), out of which, only 6 have been tested positive and 59 are tested negative. In the capital Jaipur, where almost half of the total cases of across the state are reported, only 3 people tested positive for swine flu out of 26 total samples tested in June.

“Till the date last year, more than 20 …read more