Delhi recorded the highest number of swine flu cases on Monday when the number of fresh cases reached 27. This includes the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of the swine flu detection centre at RML Hospital, along with a junior doctor. The Delhi government has identified 17 government and 5 private hospitals for isolation care and treatment facilities for H1N1 cases which include Safdarjung Hospital, Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital etc among others.
According to health authorities, throughout India, close to 495 cases and nearly 95 deaths related to swine flu have been reported since January. At present, however, officials said that only 13 cases have swine flu have been reported in Hyderabad since January.
In January, the virus claimed 62 lives while 13 have died of it in February so far, the official said. Rajasthan has recorded the highest number of swine flu deaths in the past two months. The National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune have sequenced the swine flu genetic code and the results revealed that the strain has not mutated since 2009, the time of its first attack. Thus, the virus is still susceptible to Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) tablets.
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