It has been reported that the H1N1 swine flu has officially claimed a life of a 40 years old woman in Chhetrapati. She died while undergoing treatment at Bag Bazaar-based Kathmandu Model Hospital.

According to The Himalayan Times, “She visited the emergency ward on February 17 after she complained of respiratory problem. She was discharged that day but was admitted the next day when she visited the hospital with additional health problems. As her health did not improve, the hospital sent her blood sample to National Public Health Laboratory, Teku (NPHL), on February 24. She tested positive for H1N1 virus the next day. She died of the virus despite treatment after diagnosis. Dr Sharma said the woman was a patient of bronchial asthma and was suffering from pneumonia. She had not traveled outside the Kathmandu Valley in the recent past.”

According to The Epidemiology and Disease Control Division (EDCD) 42 people have tested positive out of the 300 samples that were tested at NPHL. The government has also set up health desks at the major entry points on country’s border and Tribhuvan International Airport.