Swine flu crops up in Vizianagaram

Swine  flu  has  cropped  up  again  in  Vizainagaram.  A patient   from  Huda  Colony  was infected  with  swine  flu and was  tested  he  had  been  shifted to Visakhapatnam  for  further  treatment. However his condition is stated to  be serious.

With Swine Flu cropping up in the Vizianagaram district yet again, the District Medical and Health Officials  are  taking  steps to curb the menace.

According  to  sources the district  health officials  are  taking all steps to ensure that there would be no outbreak of the deadly virus. A full scale publicity programme is on to alert the public, and test results would be received over the phone from the Institute of Preventive Medicines (IPM).

As for the reasons for the sudden rise of the virus, the sources explained that this virus gets strengthened when temperatures were down and humidity is high. The district administration is gearing up to deal with the situation and a full- fledged report on the steps being taken has been asked for by the collectorate.

Meanwhile, the Vizianagaram DMHO, Dr Ch. Mahesh, urged people to be very careful about Swine Flu in view of a death registered in the Visakhapatnam district  recently.