Ahmedabad bans gatherings to contain swine flu

February 24, 2015 21:14

In a rather unexpected move, Ahmedabad district collector has invoked the Criminal Procedure Code's Section 144 in Ahmedabad, prohibiting mass gatherings without prior permission in order to prevent swine flu.

"It has come to our notice that swine flu cases have been on the rise in Gujarat including Ahmedabad. The virus, which causes swine flu, is contagious and generally infects people by entering through nostrils and mouth mostly at crowded places," the Ahmedabad district collectorate statement said.

The move has come after Gujarat registered more than 230 swine flu deaths, which include more than 50 fatalities in Ahmedabad, since January this year.

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