West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday asked all concerned to work together to take all necessary remedial measures to check the outbreak of swine flu in the country instead of getting "panicky".
"It is time for the central government, state governments and NGOs to work together to take all necessary remedial measures," Banerjee said in a Facebook post.
Noting that the incidents of swine flu have been increasing, she expressed concern over the situation.
"Certain diseases become a matter of concern. But instead of getting panicky, we must work together to widely spread awareness about the do's and don'ts to prevent it as much as possible," she said.
Till date, 833 deaths have taken place due to swine flu this year in the country, "of which the number of deaths is 214 in Rajasthan, 207 in Gujarat, 112 in Madhya Pradesh, 99 in Maharashtra, 51 in Telengana, 33 in Karnataka, 20 in Haryana, 10 in Andhra Pradesh, 8 in Delhi, etc," she said.
Banerjee said despite all efforts and the government making available necessary medicines, five deaths have been reported in West Bengal.