Navapur hospital admits 2 more for observation

Mumbai, Feb 23 (UNI) Two more people, including a worker engaged in culling operation at Navapur, were today admitted in the isolation ward of the town's civil hospital, raising the total number of poeple under surveillance to 14.

Confirming it this evening, State health director P P Doke said the worker was admitted with persistent cough, while the other one walked in, saying he was not feel well and was admitted.

Four of those admitted have tested negative for human influenza, while report of one was still awaited from Pune's National Institute of Virology where samples were sent for analysis, he added.

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