New Delhi: Swine flu scare became worse on Thursday with over 700 people having died and 11,071 cases getting reported so far in the country in 2015.

Speaking on the spread of swine flu, Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth said the government is providing all help to all the states. "We are providing medicines to all the states. There is no shortage of medicines. There is no need to panic," he said.

According to him, people die of swine flu deaths because the patients do not report to doctors on time. He said vaccines are available for health workers. "The PM has given instructions to ensure that medicines are available and patients get necessary treatment," he said.

Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain too claimed that there was no dearth of medicines. "There is no backlog. I cannot take guarantee for private hospitals but I can talk about the government hospitals. If we get any complaint we will investigate," he said.

Jain clarified that the general public do not need vaccination but only hospital staff need it. He also said swine flu is not a pandemic in Delhi. This virus is in Delhi environ for the last few years and that Delhi's population has developed an immunity to this virus, he added.

The Delhi government has granted licence to 40 new drug stores in the state to sell Tamilflu tablets for treatment of swine flu.

On Wednesday, 12 people died in Gujarat taking the death toll in the state to 167 while 3 people succumbed to the deadly virus in Punjab, taking the death toll in the state to 26. Two deaths were also reported in Srinagar raising the death toll to three in just 2 days. One death has been reported from Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh.

Reflecting a high mortality rate from the virus, the death toll in Rajasthan has risen to 176. In Telangana, 46 deaths have been reported while 58 deaths have been reported in Maharashtra.

Meanwhile, the Delhi government has cracked the whip after complaints of some labs overcharging for the H1N1 test. It has fixed the rate of the test at Rs 4,500 and issued an advisory saying that only those referred by doctors must be tested for swine flu. Walk-in patients will not be allowed to be tested. Centre has also sought a report from the Delhi government over steps taken to prevent any kind of overcharging.

To counter problems related to shortage of medicines, 13 hospitals in Delhi will be getting additional stock. Meanwhile, the union health ministry has written to states asking CMs to prevent panic and treat cases without delay.

The health ministry recently cateogorised the people suffering from seasonal influenza in three groups.

According to it, group A consisted of the patients with mild fever, cough sore throat with or without body ache, headache, diarrhoea and vomiting. They do not require Tamiflu and should be monitored for their progress and reasseed after 48 hours by the doctor. No testing was required.

"Category B consisted the patients with all the signs and symptoms mentioned under category A and along with that also diagnosed with one more flu. They shall be treated with Tamiflu. They needed to be confined at home and didn't require any swine flu test.

Cateogory C being a bit severe one with the symptoms of category A and B along with chest pain, breathlessness, drowsiness and sputum mixed with blood required testing and immediate hospitalisation and treatment.