RAIPUR, Feb. 23 -- State health minister T.S. Singhdeo on Friday announced in the state assembly that a combat team would be constituted and a special vaccination drive would be launched in order to check the deadly swine flu disease in the state.

He was answering to the call attention motion moved by Congress legislator Kunwar Nishad and BJP legislators Shivratan Sharma and Ajay Chandrakar.

The minister also announced in the state assembly of taking help of women health workers 'Mitanins' in combating swine flu, which has spread its tentacles in certain parts of the state.

In the assembly the minister also confirmed that seven of the patients in the state died of swine flu, which includes Joint Director Health Mahendra Janghel.

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