National Institute of Virology (NIV) has advised people to be alert and take precautionary measures to ward off swine flu as the infection rate has risen to 40% now.
‘‘There has been a significant rise in the number of people suffering from the H1N1 influenza this year compared to 2009, when the rate was between 15% and 25%. However, it has already touched 40% now with a spurt in cases during the second wave. Precaution is the key to protection from the infection,’’ NIV director AC Mishra told TOI on Wednesday.
‘‘We, at the NIV, have been receiving about 200 throat swab samples from all over Maharashtra daily. Many of these are coming from far flung areas that remained unscathed last year. There has been an increase in the number of cases,’’ he said.
Elaborating, Mishra said, ‘‘The pandemic H1N1 virus has become a dominant strain now,’’ he said.
‘‘There has been a significant rise in the number of people suffering from the H1N1 influenza this year compared to 2009, when the rate was between 15% and 25%. However, it has already touched 40% now with a spurt in cases during the second wave. Precaution is the key to protection from the infection,’’ NIV director AC Mishra told TOI on Wednesday.
‘‘We, at the NIV, have been receiving about 200 throat swab samples from all over Maharashtra daily. Many of these are coming from far flung areas that remained unscathed last year. There has been an increase in the number of cases,’’ he said.
Elaborating, Mishra said, ‘‘The pandemic H1N1 virus has become a dominant strain now,’’ he said.
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