RML CMO among 27 fresh cases of swine flue in Delhi

New Delhi, Feb 11 (PTI) Twenty-seven fresh cases of swine flu were reported in the capital today including a Chief Medical Officer at a hospital that treats patients of H1N1. Those suspected with the disease have been admitted to Safdarjung hospital, Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and Lok Nayak Hospital among others. Chief Medical Officer of the swine flu detection centre at RML Hospital, S K Sharma, along with a junior doctor have also been detected with the virus and they have been put under home quarantine for suspected influenza A (H1N1). The Delhi government had last week identified 17 government and five private hospitals for isolation care and treatment facility for H1N1 cases. Three people have died due to swine flu in Delhi. PTI ETB RT