The concern over the spiralling swine flu cases was also reflected with High Courts acting on Public Interest Litigations(PILs) on the threat posed by the disease.
Delhi High Court sought the Centre and city government's response within a week on the steps it has taken to deal with swine flu while the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court directed Chief Secretary and Principal Secretary, Medical (Health) of Uttar Pradesh to make medicines and special masks available within two to three days.
According to collated data from the Health Ministry till yesterday, the total number of deaths due to the disease has reached 926 while the number of affected persons in various states stood at 16,235.
The Health Ministry data yesterday had showed that 875 people had died due to the disease while 15,413 people had been affected with the H1N1 virus.
Assuring that the government was taking a serious view of the issue, Health Minister JP Nadda warned people to be careful but said there was no need for panic as medicines and facilities to tackle the disease were in place.
"No stone has been left unturned as far as seriousness is concerned and all efforts have been made. I assure the House and the members that there is no shortage of medicines. There is no need to panic, but we have to be alert," Mr Nadda said while responding to members' concerns in the Rajya Sabha. More
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