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The distribution and sale of pork in the area and its transportation to other places have been banned temporarily.
An area of one km around the pig farm, where the infection had been detected, was declared as an infected area and a radius of 10km as a disease surveillance zone, official sources said.
She was admitted to the Mananthavady Medical College Hospital on June 23. Later she was shifted to WIMS Hospital, Meppadi, for better treatment.
The DMO has advised the elderly, children and people with comorbidities to wear masks to protect themselves from the airborne disease.
Owner Manu Sebastian says he is staring at a loss of Rs 1 crore
Measures have been taken to prevent the spread of the disease, the Animal Welfare Department informed.
The new strains could proliferate globally through contaminated meat, infecting pigs that are fed on kitchen waste.
Bacterial co-infections must also be suspected in moderate or severe cases of COVID-19 not responding to treatment.
The researchers reported on influenza virus surveillance in pigs from 2011 to 2018 and came across a genotype G4 that 'resembles the 2009 H1NI pandemic'.
Not everyone with H1N1 needs antiviral medicine, as it is a self-limiting disease among those in good health, writes Dr Rajeev Jayadevan and Dr Anup Warrier.