raipur chhattisgarh has recorded 11 cases of swine flu in seven districts including in the state capital after which the state health department has issued an alert to gear up to face the new health crisis in the statedirector of epidemic control department dr subhash mishra told toi that the h1n1 strain is spreading its tentacles in the state due to the continuous changes in the phases of weather several other communicable vectorborne diseases are spreading of which people need to be awarea meeting of chief medical and health officers cmho has been called up in all the districts on wednesday in a video conferencing mode in this meeting all the protocols will be discussed along with giving information regarding the prevention and treatment of the swine fluthere will also be an emphasis on surveillance programs so that the spread of the disease can be prevented he added mentioning the symptoms he said it is an airborne respiratory disease that can spread through cough cold sneezing sore throat body aches headaches fatigue watery eyes diarrhea nausea and vomiting influenza might cause mild to severe illnessadding to it he also said small children pregnant women and elderly people are most likely to get sick from flu and hence need to be aware and take precautionary measures accordinglyrecently 11 patients were found in seven districts that have been tested as swine flu positive