GUNTUR: District medical and health officer M Gopi Naik has set up special teams to conduct a door-to-door survey in Railpet, Pandaripuram and Sambasivapet in the city following detection of a swine flu case. The GMC has declared a health emergency in the three colonies and its nearby localities.Kamineni Institute of Medical Science (KIMS) in Hyderabad confirmed on Thursday that Devarasetti Vasundhara Devi of Sambasivapet was afflicted with swine flu. She has been suffering from severe cold, cough and fever for the past one week. The doctors who treated Vasundhara, referred the case to the corporate hospital in Hyderabad.The DM&HO urged municipal commissioner K Sudhakar to improve sanitation in the three colonies and neighbouring localities. Five lakh pamphlets will be distributed as part of an awareness campaign to educate people on symptoms of swine flu and precautions to be taken to keep it at bay.
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