Tests have confirmed the flu spreading in Parbat and Baglung since last two weeks are mostly swine flu, Nagarik daily reported quoting health officials. Nine out of 12 samples collected from Kushma bazaar have tested positive to Pandemic Influenza H1N1.
Five of them were army men working at Naya Bhairavi Dal Battalion based in Kushma Bazaar, district headquarters of Parbat. Four others were from children in Kushma.
A team of World Health Organisation and Ministry of Disease Control Division officials had collected samples of five army men and seven locals in Kushma a week ago.
The officials have said most of the cases of flu spreading in Parbat and Baglung could be swine flu as the samples collected from a small area tested positive in such high proportion.
A lot of people in Parbat and Baglung have fallen ill with fever and cold since last two weeks. Doctors had been saying the disease could be viral fever.
Schools in both Kushma and Baglung have been closed due to prevent the disease from further spreading. Although tests have not been carried out in Baglung, it could also be swine flu, as the disease spread from Parvab.
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