Orissa confirms two more swine flu cases

Bombay News.Net
Friday 30th July, 2010 (IANS)

Two more people tested positive for swine flu in Orissa Friday, taking the total of affected people to five in the state this month, an official said.

'A 35-year-old male and a 56-year-old female tested positive for swine flu today (Friday),' Bikash Patnaik, the joint director in the state health directorate, told IANS.

Both of them are undergoing treatment in separate private hospitals here.

Earlier, one case was reported from Cuttack, about 25 km from here, and two from Bhubaneswar.

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