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• 21 more test positive for swine flu

  New Delhi: Twenty-one people tested positive for swine flu on Sunday. Three cases each were reported from Safdarjung, Ram Manohar Lohia and Lok Nayak hospitals. Among private hospitals, Max Hospital in Saket, Apollo Hospital in Sarita Vihar and Fortis Vasant Kunj reported one case each. A senior official in the state health department said at least seven patients were taking treatment at home. “One patient who was confirmed positive for swine flu got the tests done in Delhi and is admitted at Pushpanjali Crosslay Hospital in Ghaziabad,” said the official. “Three people have died in swine fluin Delhithis year,” he added.TheDelhi government has designated 22 hospitals, including five private ones, for treatment of swine flu.

  • 11/02/2013

  • Times Of India (New Delhi)
  • • Delhi
    • Swine Flu
    • Influenza
    • Health Effects
    • Ghaziabad (T)
    • National Institute of Communicable Disease (NICD)
    • Health

• Why Pune is H1N1 Ground Zero

  Poor Contact Tracing, Cool Climate To Blame

  • 14/08/2009

  • Times Of India (New Delhi)
  • • Health
    • National Institute of Communicable Disease (NICD)
    • Maharashtra
    • Pune (D)
    • Swine Flu

• NICD team in Mumbai to help with action plan

  A TEAM headed by the chief of National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Dr Shiv Lal, has arrived in Mumbai to help the state government strategize to curb the spread of the deadly H1N1 virus which has already claimed 13 lives in the state, the largest number of deaths in any state of the country.

  • 13/08/2009

  • Indian Express (New Delhi)
  • • Health Effects
    • Health
    • Influenza
    • National Institute of Communicable Disease (NICD)
    • Maharashtra
    • Mumbai
    • Swine Flu

• ICMR to develop low-cost testing kits for flu

  The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) today initiated a process of developing low- cost indigenous testing kits for swine flu. Top scientists and senior government officials met here to discuss steps to develop the low-cost kits, officials said.

  • 11/08/2009

  • Telegraph (Kolkata)
  • • Health
    • Health Care
    • Medical Research
    • National Institute of Communicable Disease (NICD)
    • Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR)
    • India

• Himachal equipped to combat swine flu

  The hill state has been, so far, free from the H1N1 virus, though there were two cases of suspected contact with infected persons which only caused a false alarm.

  • 10/08/2009

  • Tribune (New Delhi)
  • • Health
    • Influenza
    • National Institute of Communicable Disease (NICD)
    • Himachal Pradesh
    • Shimla (D)

• Wanted, a CBI for diseases

  India is yet to have an intelligence agency for diseases, despite facing epidemics every year Sreelatha Menon / New Delhi August 2, 2009, 0:45 IST A public health ministry acts as an intelligence agency for diseases. However, India is yet to have such a body, despite facing epidemics every year.

  • 02/08/2009

  • Business Standard (New Delhi)
  • • Health
    • Epidemics
    • Viral Diseases
    • Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare
    • National Institute of Communicable Disease (NICD)

• State to test swine flu virus

  July 29: The Institute of Preventive Medicine in the state will begin proficiency tests for swine flu next week. IPM has already tested six samples from those suspected with swine flu and the results have been sent to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases at New Delhi for evaluation.

  • 30/07/2009

  • Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)
  • • Health Effects
    • Influenza
    • National Institute of Communicable Disease (NICD)
    • Andhra Pradesh

• 2 more swine flu cases in city

  AHMEDABAD : Two more suspected cases of swine flu tested positive for H1N1 in Ahmedabad taking the total number of positive cases in city to four.

  • 13/07/2009

  • Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
  • • Animal Diseases
    • Influenza
    • National Institute of Communicable Disease (NICD)
    • Gujarat
    • Ahmedabad (T)

• Tripura steps to tackle swine flu

  With the detection of swine flu cases in neighbouring Bangladesh, Tripura has formed Rapid Response Teams (RRT) in all districts and prepared a clinical protocol as a precautionary measure. Principal Secretary Health Y P Singh told reporters that isolation wards have been set up in district hospitals and sufficient n-95 masks were being kept ready for health workers.

  • 04/07/2009

  • Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
  • • Health
    • Influenza
    • National Institute of Communicable Disease (NICD)
    • Tripura

• The Pig's Revenge

  Swine Flu Primer What is H1N1? It's a virus which has gene segments from the swine, avian and human flu virus. Scientists have christened it influenza-a (h1n1) virus, commonly known as swine flu. What's A Pandemic? An epidemic of infectious disease that spreads through human populations across a large region. On June 11, the who declared h1n1 a pandemic.

  • 29/06/2009

  • Outlook (New Delhi)
  • • Influenza
    • National Institute of Communicable Disease (NICD)
    • Indian Council Of Medical Research (ICMR)
    • India
    • Swine Flu

• 7 more kids back from Nasa trip have swine flu

  India

  • 16/06/2009

  • Times Of India (New Delhi)
  • • Health
    • Influenza
    • National Institute of Communicable Disease (NICD)
    • Jalandhar (D)
    • NASA