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J’khand Health Dept Sounds Alert After 8 Test Positive for Swine Flu

Officials ordered screening, isolation wards and daily monitoring after 8 of 11 samples tested positive for H1N1, the health department said.

  • The Jharkhand Health Department sounded an alert on Saturday, August 29, 2026, after at least eight people tested positive for H1N1 influenza at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences .
  • Officials examined 11 samples to confirm these cases, with testing facilities for H1N1 and H3N2 now available at RIMS and MGM, Jamshedpur.
  • Instructions have been issued requiring hospitals to designate isolation wards with at least 10 beds and conduct mandatory screening for patients visiting OPDs with ILI and SARI symptoms.
  • National Health Mission director Shashi Prakash Jha urged residents to treat fevers seriously, noting that children, the elderly, and pregnant women are most susceptible to infection.
  • Daily monitoring under the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme continues as H1N1 cases have been reported in Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan.
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Lagatar English broke the news on Friday, August 28, 2026.
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