Tests have confirmed the flu spreading in Parbat and Baglung since last two weeks are mostly swine flu, Nagarik daily reported quoting health officials. Nine out of 12 samples collected from Kushma bazaar have tested positive to Pandemic Influenza H1N1.

Five of them were army men working at Naya Bhairavi Dal Battalion based in Kushma Bazaar, district headquarters of Parbat.