Swine Flu cases increasing in Visakhapatnam

Visakhapatnam: Though the district administration has taken up several high preparedness measures, the swine flu cases are not controlling in the district. Meanwhile, with the temperatures are falling to the minimum level, number cases have been reporting with cold, cough and fever particularly in the agency areas leading to the swine flu symptoms. 

According to the District Medical and Health Officer Dr.Tirupathi Rao, as many as 71 swine flu cases have registered and five patients, who are already suffering from various other health issues, died in the present season. 

The DMHO has said that in fact, more numbers of cases have been reporting from the urban areas also. The administration has arranged 12 swine flu screening centres in the district and also special wards and ventilators established at KGH and Chest Hospitals in Visakhapatnam for emergency cases, Tirupathi Rao said.