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6 more swine flu cases confirmed

Health experts still find no reason to panic

Staff Correspondent
Six more persons were diagnosed with deadly swine flu caused by H1N1 virus onTuesday, the government confirmed yesterday within a week of announcing the first detection in the country.
But people need not panic as the condition of the infected is not critical at all, health experts said.
The infected are aged between two and a half years and 20 years and most of them have recently returned from the USA in the same flight as the first victim—a youth aged 19 who was diagnosed with the deadly flu on June 18.
All the seven infected persons returned from the US in the same flight last Thursday, said Prof Mahmudur Rahman, director of Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR).
They were detected following the government's "contact case traang" initiative in which some 28 inbound passengers of the flight were contacted and tested, he told reporters at a briefing on "Pandemic A H1N1 2009' at the Press Institute of Bangladesh.
Unicef and Health Reporters' Forum, Bangladesh jointly organised the programme.
Describing the condition of the six infected persons as not so serious", the IEDCR director said they have been under treatment at their homes.
Prof Mahmud said people generally suffer from influenza during the April-September period. So, they need not be panicked for having fever, cough, runny nose and respiratory’ problems because it needs epidemiological links with the symptoms to have swine flu.
He, however, advised people to maintain cautionary measures like washing hands, maintaining safe distance from those suffering from flu-like illnesses, cover the mouth and nose while sneezing and coughing.
The government has set up 16 screening points in thecoun-try under its three-tier cautionary measures to prevent the entry of the virus. Besides, an influenza ward has been set up at the National Institute of Diseases of Chest and Hospital at Mohakhali.
Isolation units at 30 district hospitals have also been kept prepared, government sources added.
The antigenic shift of the A H1N1 vims, transmission and management of the disease, and role of the media in public health emergency were also discussed at the briefing.
Surani Abeyesekera and Arifa Sharmin. communication specialists of Unicef. Moniruzzaman Uzzal, president of Health Reporters' Forum, Bangladesh also spoke at the event.
World Health Organisation sources said the A H INI virus is spreading rapidly, because of which containment of it is not possible. The current focus should be on mitigating measures.
According to government sources, infection of A H1N1 vims has so far occurred in some 99 countries with around 52,160 cases having been con-finned in lab tests. Die death toll hasrisento231 thisyear.