<p>Swine flu scare has gripped this Punjab town as a middle-aged man died of the disease late on Monday at a private hospital here, officials said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Bharpur Singh, who hailed from Faridkot district, had come to Ludhiana to attend a family function and fell ill.<br /><br />“The victim had symptoms of like soar throat, running nose and high fever. We conducted tests and he was positive for H1N1 virus,” said Ludhiana district’s civil surgeon Ajay Sahni.<br /><br />“These days, we are getting more number of patients with these symptoms,” Sahni added.<br />Two more cases of swine flue have been reported in Ludhiana in the last 24 hours, while three cases have been confirmed in Bathinda district. <br /><br />Chandigarh is also facing the threat of flu. This season, 40 patients have been tested positive for swine flu and have seven died.<br /></p>
<p>Swine flu scare has gripped this Punjab town as a middle-aged man died of the disease late on Monday at a private hospital here, officials said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Bharpur Singh, who hailed from Faridkot district, had come to Ludhiana to attend a family function and fell ill.<br /><br />“The victim had symptoms of like soar throat, running nose and high fever. We conducted tests and he was positive for H1N1 virus,” said Ludhiana district’s civil surgeon Ajay Sahni.<br /><br />“These days, we are getting more number of patients with these symptoms,” Sahni added.<br />Two more cases of swine flue have been reported in Ludhiana in the last 24 hours, while three cases have been confirmed in Bathinda district. <br /><br />Chandigarh is also facing the threat of flu. This season, 40 patients have been tested positive for swine flu and have seven died.<br /></p>