New Delhi: There was an improvement in the
condition of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi who is
suffering from swine flu, which claimed two more lives
elsewhere in the country on Monday.
An official bulletin released in Ahmedabad said there
was a speedy improvement in Modi's health. "However, Modi may
be kept in isolation at his residence for some more days," it
said.
The 59-year-old BJP leader had complained of cough,
fever and body ache on Friday last after his return from
Russia and tested positive for swine flu the same day.
The two deaths were reported from Karnataka and
Maharashtra. Sixty Seven fresh cases of the pandemic were
reported nationwide including 21 in Kerala, 13 in Delhi and 18
in Maharashtra, health officials said.
In Orissa, two tribal girls tested positive for swine
flu in the state's Sundargarh district.
Swab samples of the girls, aged 13 and 7 years, had
been sent to the Regional Medical Research Centre here, which
tested positive for H1N1 virus.
The girls, students of the Government Girls' High
School at Jamapalli village, were among the over 200 students
who had undergone treatment for fever, cold and sore throat
since October 28, they said.
Bureau Report
First Published: Monday, November 02, 2009, 20:18