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Thursday, January 22, 2015

Swine flu: Dealth toll reaches 19 in Telangana, CM seeks Centre's help

Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Health Minister J P Nadda in the morning and requested them to send a team of officials to the state, among other things.

Rao reviewed the situation with government doctors, officials, and also private hospital managements and announced that a team of officials would monitor the situation in Hyderabad, and an IAS officer would act as nodal officer for every district.

Rao told reporters that 19 people had died due to the swine flu virus infection so far in the state and another 20-30 people are undergoing treatment.

He said that medicines had been made available, community hygiene would be taken care of and swine flu would be covered under the state's 'Arogya Sri' health insurance scheme for the poor.

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