No cases of swine flu in Puducherry [Thursday, August 6, 2009]
The Puducherry Home and Health minister E Valsaraj said here on thursday that no case of swine flu has been reported in the Union Territory. He informed that one patient who turned up at Jawaharlal Institute for Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) for treatment some time ago for fever had tested negative for swine flu (HINI).He also added that precautionary steps were being taken to prevent the out break of the flu.