The minister appealed to people to take medical advise in case of high fever, respiratory problem and chest pain.

"The symptoms must be reported within first 48 hours. In case of delay complications may develop," he said asking people to maintain high standard of personal hygiene to prevent the disease. The government will also launch a public awareness campaign on prevention and managing the disease. The government hospitals which will provide treatment to swine flu patients are GTB hospital, Lok Nayak hospital, Deen Dayal Upadhayal hospital, Sanjay Gandhi Memorial hospital, Lal Bahadur Shastri hospital, Madan Mohan Malviya hospital, Ambedkar hospital, Chach Nehru Bal Chikitsalya, Bhagwan Mahavir hospital, Maharishi Balmiki hospital. Babu Jagjiwan Ram Memorial hospital, Aruna Asaf Ali hospital, RML hospital, Safdarjung hospital, Sucheta Kriplani hospital, Airport hospital and Hindi Rao hospital will also provide treatment to flu patients. The private hospitals which have been told to provide treatment are Action Balaji, Apollo, Moolchand, Sir Ganga Ram and St Stephens hospital.