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