BJP president Amit Shah admitted to AIIMS for swine flu treatment

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah has been admitted to All India Institute for Media Sciences (AIIMS) for treatment of swine flu. He took to social media on Wednesday to announce that he is being treated for swine flu.

Mujhe swine flue hua hai, jiska upchar chal raha hai. Ishwar ki kripa, aap sabhi ke prem aur shubhkamnao se shigarh swasth ho jayunga (I have been diagnosed with swine flu for which the treatment is underway. With God's grace and good wishes from all of you, I will recover soon), Amit Shah tweeted.



The viral disease has been on a rise for the past few days. At least 39 cases of deaths due to the disease have been reported in Rajasthan in the first 15 days of the year, whereas 51 patients were found affected by the disease.

Swine flu is a respiratory disease caused by a strain of the H1N1 influenza. The strain originated in pigs, but is now a human disease whose symptoms are similar to those of a seasonal flu.