First case of swine flu from Ratnapura detected today
The first case of swine flu from the Ratnapura District has been detected from a young girl, the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Health Services Director, Dr Kapila Kannagara said.
The first case of swine flu from the Ratnapura District has been detected from a young girl, the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Health Services Director, Dr Kapila Kannagara said.
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Mumbai: A preliminary study conducted by the state government into the deaths caused by the H1N1 influenza virus has revealed that the pathogen is now affecting patients more virulently and is producing newer reactions in the body. The study has also thrown up a perplexing fact--two-thirds of those suspected to have died of swine flu did not have the virus, despite showing all clinical symptoms.
Pune: The swine flu toll in the city rose to 92 after a six month pregnant woman succumbed to the H1N1 infection in a hospital here, health officials said today. According to Dr Ashok Mehta, joint director, health, ten more fresh cases were detected in the city during the last 24 hours and the number of critical patients stood at 21 out of whom eight needed ventilator support.
Another case of swine flu has come to the fore here with a 18-year-old local girl testing positive in the HINI tests conducted at the IGMC, Shimla, last evening. The girl has been kept in isolation at the hospital and her family members had been quarantined, according to CMO Dr Ashok Tagra.
Pune: With the death of a 30-year-old woman, the Swine Flu toll in the city has gone up to 91, health officials said today. The swine flu pandemic
President Barack Obama declared swine flu a national emergency, the White House announced in a statement yesterday.
Pune Of the 185 deaths due to the H1IN1 virus in Maharashtra, 119 persons were from the age group of 16-45 years and Tamiflu was not given in 17 cases.
KOCHI: Testifying the fact that swine flu has spread to the community level, many cases have been reported from schools in the district. But the authorities with the health department said that they have taken all measures to ensure proper treatment to patients.
MUMBAI: Mumbai, Pune and Nashik together account for the maximum number of H1N1 deaths in Maharashtra. While the deaths have been sporadic in the rest of the State, patients from rural areas coming to urban centres for treatment indicated the disease had spread to the interiors, Maharashtra Health Secretary Sharvari Gokhale said at a press conference here on Wednesday.
THE government may cap the retail price of anti-viral drug oseltamivir used for the treatment of swine flu if market competition does not force the price down, a senior official in the ministry of chemicals and fertilizers said.
Oct. 14: In the wake of a warning sounded by the World Health Organ-isation (WHO) about a second outbreak of swine flu, the district administration has prepared a detailed ground-level action plan to tackle virus. The action plan involves creating an awareness among the people by giving them tips to stay away from certain food items apart from health and hygiene suggestions.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:The total swine flu cases in the state crossed 300 with 10 more cases reported on Sunday. Four cases from Ernakulam, three from Thiruvananthapuram and one each from Thrissur, Malappuram and Kannur were reported in the last 24-hours.
Foreign vaccine manufacturers are insisting on price fixation for the H1N1 vaccine before they supply it for carrying out human trial in India. The Government plans to introduce H1N1 vaccine by early next year and human trials with the imported vaccine need to be over by mid-December to meet the target.
BHUBANESWAR: The Influenza A (H1N1) diagnostic laboratory of the Regional Medical Research Centre here has become fully operational with samples from the State being sent to it for testing. The facility has given its first H1N1 confirmation report with the sample of Dr Anup Kumar Burnwal of Rourkela testing positive. The sample was sent through IGH Rourkela.
The Maharashtra Government on Monday said as many as 3,586 patients have been cured from swine flu. Till date, 10,19,886 people were examined and 50,193 suspected patients were given Tamiflu medicines in the State. After examining, 3,822 persons were found positive.
Twenty students of Class IX from Sanskriti School in Chanakyapuri, South Delhi, reportedly tested positive for swine flu after returning from an outstation tour.
MUMBAI: The state health department fears that the second wave of the swine flu epidemic in the state could be more dangerous than the current one.
India's hope for a H1N1 vaccine has got a shot in the arm with Serum Institute beginning animal trials for the vaccine, a prelude to the much tougher human trials. "Animal trials for the H1N1 vaccine have started," Rajeev M. Dhere, senior director, Serum Institute of India, said.