LUCKNOW, Aug. 29 -- "In districts reporting a high incidence of flu and fever, instructions have been issued to set up separate OPDs for such patients," said deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak said this during a review meeting on swine flu preparedness across all 75 districts on Saturday.

He also directed that people from flood-hit Nepal requiring medical treatment be provided care on priority, while vigil has been stepped up in border districts to monitor severe acute respiratory illness (SARI) cases.

A total of 31,478 H1N1 cases have been reported across the country, including 551 in Uttar Pradesh. As many as 57 districts in the state have reported H1N1 infections, with six recording cases in double digits.

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