Five test H1N1 positive
Times of India: A Vth standard student of H A School in Kharadwadi in Pimpri was among the five people who tested positive for the H1N1 influenza on Wednesday. “He has been immediately quarantined at YCM hospital in Pimpri,” Ashok Mehta, joint director of state health services, said.
Around 18,881 people were screened across the district, of which 257 suspected patients were administered Tamiflu tablets. Nearly 30,087 people have been given Tamiflu so far, Mehta added.
As many as 16 patients are being treated at present at isolation ICUs of various private and government-run hospitals in PMC and PCMC limits. Of them, eight patients are critical and have been put on ventilators, Mehta said. “Thirty nine patients were discharged on Wednesday,” he added.
A total of 4,293 patients have been discharged after treatment so far. Of them, 894 were positive cases, while 3,399 were suspected cases. Around 5.64 lakh people have been screened across the district so far, Mehta said.
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