(MENAFN- The Peninsula) The Jammu and Kashmir health department on Wednesday sounded an alert in the state after two people died of swine flu.
Showkat Zargar, director of the super specialty Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) told a media conference here that two patients who were being treated for swine flu have died here during the last two days but asked people not to panic.
"Two patients infected by H1N1 virus have died in Kashmir Valley while 71 more have tested positive and are undergoing treatment," he said, adding that while one death was confirmed to have occurred due to the virus, another patient, a woman, had critical cardiac ailments as well but was infected with the H1N1 virus too.
"We are not sure if that was the cause of her death," he said.
Zargar said SKIMS had so far tested 275 samples out of which 71 had tested positive.
"So far this year, we collected 670 suspected samples and out of which we found 275 to be eligible for testing. Out of these 275, 113 had Influenza A infection and out of those, 71 were declared positive for the H1N1 infection," Zargar said.
He said though the virus was in the community, but there was no reason to panic.
"We cannot stop the virus. But there is no need to panic and awareness about it is a must. People should not unnecessarily rush to hospitals," he said.
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