This Article is From Jan 22, 2015

5 Members of Lucknow Family Test Positive for Swine Flu

5 Members of Lucknow Family Test Positive for Swine Flu

Swine flu has already claimed two lives in Lucknow.

Lucknow: Five members of a family in Lucknow's Vikasnagar locality have tested positive for swine flu.

The disease has already claimed two lives in the city last week.

On Wednesday, a data operator at Lucknow's Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences had tested positive for the H1N1 virus. His family members, including three women and a young child, also tested positive for swine flu.

The family is being kept under isolation at their house, Chief Medical Officer Dr SNS Yadav told NDTV, adding that a team of the  health department is visiting them twice a day to monitor their condition.

The health department teams are also visiting the neighbourhood to create awareness about the disease, he said.
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