Deficiencies in 18 flu-test labs
Namrata Biji Ahuja
Namrata Biji Ahuja
MUMBAI: With the city's swine-flu toll reaching eight on Sunday, the BMC has begun going to households to keep a check on the disease. The idea is to reach out to the maximum number of people.
Jammu : Though swine flu has not assumed alarming proportion in the state, the government has decided to set up two testing laboratories in Jammu and Srinagar. According to official sources, on the directions of Health Minister Sham Lal Sharma, Jammu too would have a testing lab for the H1N1 virus.
One week, 17 deaths and over 1,000 confirmed cases. You can count the days on your fingers, but not the victims of the new public health menace -the H1N1 flu. "Its speed is without precedent," says Dr Randeep Guleria, professor of Internal Medicine at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Five more swine flu cases have been reported in the state on Sunday. Three cases have been reported from Thiruvananthapuram district and one each from Malappuram and Kannur. The total number of swine flu cases in state has now risen to 116, an official release here said.
BHUBANESWAR: Two persons of the 27 people, whose swab samples were sent for swine flu test from Orissa, have tested positive for the H1N1 virus, official sources said today. The two patients have been discharged from SCB Medical College Hospital and asked to come for further check-up after a week, they said.
People affected with A(H1N1) influenza will soon get treatment free of cost in the State. This was announced by Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa after a review meeting on Saturday.
Surinder Sud / New Delhi August 24, 2009, 1:36 IST Fresh guidelines for managing patients of H1N1 swine flu virus, issued yesterday by the United Nations health body, lay stress on the selective use of anti-viral drugs oseltamivir (tamiflu) and zanamivir to prevent serious illness and deaths and reduce need for hospitalisation.
The Capital reported 11 new cases of H1N1 on Sunday. Of these, four patients have a history of foreign travel, the other seven are indigenous cases. After the Capital logged its first two deaths due to the virus on Thursday, two patients
As the August 7 clinical trials of an H1N1 vaccine in the US have found it to be safe, the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has announced two trials involving children.
Four new H1N1 virus deaths were reported in Maharashtra
Aug. 22: Nine more cases of swine flu were reported in the state on Saturday, taking the count of H1N1 positive cases to 100. According to the district medical and health officer, Dr Ch Jayakumari, nine of 36 cases which were referred to the Institute of Preventive Medicine tested positive.
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The government is somewhat worried about the spread swine flu in the country as the number of infected people rose to 87 as of Wednesday. "We are slightly worried with the jump in the identified swine flu cases as 13 new cases were confirmed on Wednesday," Health Minister Prof. AFM Ruhal Huque told reporters on Thursday after an inter-ministerial meeting at the Health Ministry.
LUCKNOW: Swine flu in Uttar Pradesh has a strong Pune connection. More than 11 of total 17 cases who tested positive to H1N1 influenza on Thursday in the state, had a Pune link. Official sources informed that on an average, 100 persons are being screened for the swab test daily in UP. In fact, swab samples of more than 200 persons were investigated in the past 48 hours.
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A GRIM reality stared the nation as it watched loss of 10 lives in one day with influenza A (H1N1)spreading to new areas. The nationwide toll now stands at 44.