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New Delhi, Sep 22 (IANS) The national capital recorded its ninth swine flu death Tuesday as a 20-year-old woman succumbed to the contagious influenza A (H1N1) virus, health authorities said.
Anjan Prakash, state nodal officer, said: “The woman died Tuesday morning. Earlier, it was not confirmed. But her tests showed that she died due to the flu.”

The woman was admitted to the Safdarjung hospital, Prakash told IANS.

On Tuesday, as many as 108 fresh cases were detected, of which 70 are children.

The Delhi government, meanwhile, also announced that Tamiflu, the anti-influenza medicine, will be sold at authorised retail chemists outlets. The central government had last week allowed “restricted sale” of Tamiflu through over 500 chemists.

The decision to alow Tamiflu sales was taken during a meeting held by Delhi Health Minister Kiran Walia after the state government received notification from the central government.

“The government has implemented the notification of the Indian government to allow sale of Tamiflu at the authorized outlets of authorized Schedule ‘X’ chemists in the capital to facilitate the patients of swine flu as well as to curb the swine flu epidemic,” Walia said.

She said that so far 2,065 people have been admitted and treated in Delhi government hospitals. “More than 90 percent of these patients have been successfully treated and discharged,” she said.

As many as 1,018 children have been treated for influenza A (H1N1).

“The situation is under control and the government is doing its best in providing treatment to H1N1 patients in government hospitals,” she added.