Srinagar, Feb. 11 -- Eleven patients have been admitted to Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) after they tested positive for H1N1inflenza (swine flu).
Fourteen patients were tested positive, of who three have been discharged after treatment. Eleven patients including five males and a child have been admitted to the hospital.
More than 750 people have been tested for H1N1 influenza at SKIMS since September 2019. Except 14, all have been tested negative for H1N1 strain.
"The tests have confirmed that 14 patients are infected. They had perhaps acquired the flu in the valley. Condition of one patient is critical. He has been put on the ventilator," an official of the SKIMS said.
Medical superintendent, SKIMS, Dr Farooq Jan...