Swine flu under control, says Azad

New Delhi, Aug 7 (PTI) The Indian government on Friday
assured Parliament that swine flu was under control due to
continued efforts of doctors and was limited to only a few
individuals.

"We have managed to limit such cases to a few
individuals, considering the size of our population and
country," Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad told Rajya
Sabha (Upper House of Indian Parliament) during Question Hour.

Seeking to allay fears of the common man about the
disease, he said "there are guidelines and constant review of
the situation is being done."

He said though one swine flu test costs Rs 10,000, it was
being done free in 19 laboratories across the country.

"We managed to identify positive cases (around 7,000) and
put them on Tamiflu. This way we managed to limit the number
of positive cases, otherwise this figure would have multiplied
to seven million. I would like to give credit to our doctors,"
Azad said.

He said government has kept a stock of one crore Tamiflu
doses ready and added that if there was a need for open sale
of the medicine, it will be done as and when necessary.

Azad said the government has already trained doctors at
the state level and has instructed states to train doctors at
the district level also for tackling the virus. PTI ASI
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