Modi tests positive for swine flu, 2 more die of virus

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New Delhi, Oct 30 (PTI) Swine flu took into its grip
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi who tested positive
Friday, two days after returning from abroad, even as two more
persons succumbed to the killer virus in the country.

Modi showed symptoms of cough, cold and fever, Atul
Patel, one of the four doctors in the team looking after the
Chief Minister, said.
The results came this morning, Patel said, adding Modi
had insisted on the H1N1 test.
59-year-old Modi, who returned from Russia, will be
kept in isolation for seven days at his residence, where a
team of doctors are attending on him.
Meanwhile, two more persons succumbed to swine flu in
Delhi and Gujarat even as 75 fresh cases of the disease were
reported Friday.
Of the fresh infections reported during the day,
Kerala recorded the highest number of 21 cases of followed by
Karnataka 15 and Maharashtra 12.
Sixty-two fresh cases were reported, out of which
three were imported while the rest indigenous.
The total number of those afflicted with the
disease has reached 13,784.
Till date, samples from 72,838 people have been tested
for swine flu and 18.9 per cent of them have been found to be
positive for the virus. PTI TEAM
DDC


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