Swine flu outbreak kills 76 in Rajasthan
NEW DELHI - A swine flu outbreak in one of India's biggest tourist hubs, Rajasthan state in the west of the country, has killed 76 people this year, government officials said on Wednesday.
Colder weather has worsened the seasonal outbreak of the H1N1virus, with Rajasthan recording more than a third of all swine flu deaths in India, officials said.
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Rajasthan's cities, with their imposing fortresses and palaces, attract many overseas visitors, although officials said there no reports of any of them catching the virus.
More than 8,700 people in Rajasthan have been screened for H1N1 this year, and 1,976 had tested positive by Tuesday, a state health department spokesman told Reuters.
The worst affected area was Jodhpur district, which recorded 23 of the 76 deaths in the state so far this month.
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