Qatar's National Influenza Centre (NIC) has started collecting throat swabs from patients to determine the influenza types currently circulating in the Gulf state, Gulf Times has reported. The move aims is to assist the Public Health department in combating flu outbreaks and the early detection of any atypical viral strain. The centre will also perform virological surveillance of influenza.
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