Sawant mentioned the signs of influenza embrace fever, cough, sore throat, and pneumonia.
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A 55-year-old lady and an 11-month-old child lady examined optimistic for the influenza
Two extra instances of the seasonal influenza subtype H3N2 have been reported right here on Saturday, a day after town recorded its first case with a four-year-old baby testing optimistic for the virus, in response to the well being division.
A 55-year-old lady and an 11-month-old child lady examined optimistic for the influenza, they mentioned.
The lady has been discharged from a personal hospital after an enchancment in her well being and he or she is in residence isolation whereas the toddler is being handled in a medical faculty in Rohtak, the division mentioned.
District Surveillance Officer Dr J P Rajliwal mentioned that the well being division groups have additionally been tracing the individuals who got here in contact with the contaminated sufferers.
After figuring out ten individuals who got here in contact with the newborn lady and the girl, their samples have been taken on Saturday and so they have been instructed to stay in isolation, the officer mentioned.
On Friday, the division additionally took samples of two members of the family who got here in contact with the four-year-old baby and despatched them for examination.
The well being division has to this point despatched samples of 150 individuals for examination. Out of them, H3N2 has been confirmed in three sufferers whereas reviews of some samples are awaited.
The division can be monitoring all of the sufferers and getting ready to extend testing.
“Two more patients have been found infected with the influenza virus. The health of both is improving and there is no need to fear,” mentioned Dr Virender Yadav, CMO, Gurugram.
“Two of the patients are infected with influenza Type B, while the other with Type A. the health department teams are monitoring and treating patients in Flu OPD,” he mentioned.
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