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Another death from 'swine flu'

Authorities yet to confirm

Star report
A garment worker is suspected to have died of swine flu in Gopalganj yesterday raising the H1N1 fatality to four in the country.
Nasreen Khanam, 18, an employee of Crossline Garment Factory in Dhaka, returned to her village home Chapta under Kashiani upazila of Gopalganj last Saturday, as she was taken ill.
Kashiani Upazila Health Officer Shiddheshwar Majumder said the daughter of van driver Abul Kalam was receiving treatment from a village quack.
A correspondent from Gopalganj reports that the news of her death sparked panic in the locality and the victim's parents were forced to bury her hurriedly.
District Civil Surgeon Dr Nurunnabi visited her home, collected her throat swab and sent it to the Institute of
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Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) in Dhaka for laboratory confirmation.
While talking to The Daily-Star Nurunnabi said Nasreen bore the telltale sign of swine flu apart from high fever and cough.
"Upazila health workers are taking care of the family and if any of them, by the time, contracted the disease they would take them to nearby health centres, he added.
Prof Mahmudur Rahman of IEDCR also said he was yet to receive the sample of the swab as of 6:00pm yesterday.
Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services Prof Shah Monir Hossain said, “We are yet to confirm whether she died of swine flu."
When asked about the slack awareness campaign that prevented her from seeking treatment in the public health care centres, the DG said the pace of campaign is a bit slower in countryside as the swine flu cases are still low outside Dhaka.
"But we are trying to boost up the campaign outside Dhaka. Even during this Eid season we would display posters and leaflets on buses, launches and at different terminals," he said.
He also said that the number of II INI affected people had already come down.
On the issue of marketing the anti-viral drug he said the Drug Administration was preparing a list of pharmacies where the drug would be made available.
"The list might be finalised by Sunday," he added.