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The surgical masks are on. All that is visible of the faces are the eyes, with one expression
The surgical masks are on. All that is visible of the faces are the eyes, with one expression
The surgical masks are on. All that is visible of the faces are the eyes, with one expression
Figures released by the Epidemiology Unit of Sri Lanka's Health Ministry shows that the dengue and the Influenza A H1N1 cases are steadily rising despite extensive measures to contain the diseases.
An Indonesian women working in Coco Palm Resort in Baa Atoll has tested positive to swine flue. The tourist, an Indonesian woman was initially treated at Baa Thulhadhoo Health Center, after reporting sick and was later evacuated to Male
Sri Lankan health officials have found the first patient infected with the Influenza A-HINI (formerly Swine Flu) virus inside the country. Dr. Anura Senanayake, the Director of the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH) at Angoda confirmed that this patient was admitted to the hospital this morning.
Big pharma companies are already working on an H1N1 swine flu vaccine (Bloomberg) Even as the number of swine flu victims cross 100 in the country, Indian pharmaceutical companies are yet to start manufacturing the much-awaited vaccine as they have not received any purchase commitment from the government.
Swine flu infection cases in the country rose to 22 as one more person was found infected with the H1N1 virus yesterday. Official sources said, the number of Swine flu infection case was 18 a week ago and three new cases were diagnosed on Sunday.
One more case of Influenza A positive, commonly known as swine flu virus, was detected on Monday raising the number of affected persons to 22 in the country, according to the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research and the National Influenza Centre.
On June 11, the World Health Organisation (WHO) raised the current worldwide epidemic of the new influenza virus A(H1N1), commonly called swine flu, to the status of a pandemic, the highest level of global alert. This is the first flu pandemic in 41 years. The last one was the 1968 Hong Kong flu.
Three persons of a US-based non-resident Nepali family, who landed in Kathmandu recently, have been detected with H1N1 virus (Swine Flu), which has caused a global pandemic.
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.
Contrary to the popular assumption that the new swine flu pandemic arose on factory farms in Mexico, federal agriculture officials now believe that it most likely emerged in pigs in Asia, but then traveled to North America in a human. But they emphasized that there was no way to prove their theory and only sketchy data underpinning it.
The number of Swine Flu patients detected in Sri Lanka is rising day by day, Health officials said. According to Dr. Geetani Wickremasinghe of Medical Research Institute in Colombo another two people suffering from swine flu have been detected yesterday. Both patients who were from Australia, including a ten-year-old boy have reached the country on last Sunday.
According to a health ministry press statement, Bangladesh on June 19 detected the first case of deadly swine flu in a body of a non-resident Bangladeshi who just returned from the USA. Patients with specific flu-like symptoms- a fever above 40 degrees C, cough or other respiratory symptoms- are presumed to have the new virus.
A novel influenza A (H1N1) virus has spread rapidly across the globe. Judging its pandemic potential is difficult with limited data, but nevertheless essential to inform appropriate health responses. By analyzing the outbreak in Mexico, early data on international spread, and viral genetic diversity, we make an early assessment of transmissibility and severity.
When World Health Organization (WHO) chief Margaret Chan declared last week that for the first time in more than 40 years the world is facing an influenza pandemic, she simply stated what everybody already knew.
Sri Lankan health officials yesterday detected a second patient with swine flu (H1N1). The second patient is a six-year-old boy who was a cousin of the first patient, an eight-year-old boy, and arrived in Sri Lanka with the same family. The family of eight, residents of Australia, arrived in the country last weekend via Singapore to attend a wedding.
On 27 April, 6 days after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) first reported an unusual swine flu outbreak in humans, international agencies were still struggling to determine how serious a threat the virus posed.