Year's first swine flu case reported in Lahore
Swine flu was confirmed in a female patient admitted at a private hospital in Lahore on Tuesday.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Year’s first case of deadly swine flu surfaced in Lahore on Tuesday. National Institute of Health Laboratory, Islamabad has confirmed the disease in a female patient admitted at a private hospital in the city.
According to details, 70-year-old Rashida Bibi suffering from high fever was brought to a private hospital on December 28. Her blood sample was sent to National Institute of Health Laboratory and was found positive to swine flu.
What is swine flue?Swine influenza also called swine flu is an infection by any one of several types of swine influenza virus. Swine influenza virus is common throughout pig populations worldwide. Transmission of the virus from pigs to humans is not common and does not always lead to human influenza, often resulting only in the production of antibodies in the blood. If transmission does cause human influenza, it is called zoonotic swine flu. People with regular exposure to pigs are at increased risk of swine flu infection. The meat of an infected animal poses no risk of infection when properly cooked.
