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My son has contracted flu since yesterday.Though it seems more like a bacterial infection, the official expert doctor, here in Amritsar has put him on Tamiflu along with the antibiotics. Amritsar has recorded 4 cases of swine flu, all responded well to Tamiflu and have been discharged. The doctor says, that they have instructions from the government to treat every case of flu as suspected case of swine flu and start the treatment within 48 hours without getting the swab test done, because WHO has declared it a pandemic and it is not possible to test all and wait for reports, as precious time will be lost. Tamiflu is being given free in government hospitals of India, to suspected cases but is not available in the market.