Influenza, or flu, and air pollution are significant public health risks that impact nations around the world with large economic consequences. The authors of this paper show that increased levels of air pollution significantly increase the rate of hospitalisation for people with flu. In addition, they find that protection afforded …
Even as the global as well as regional media are flush with facts and information about the influenza A (H1N1) infection, swine flu in common parlance, the State
Madhur Tankha NEW DELHI: Heart Care Foundation of India president K.K. Aggarwal released facts about swine flu at the Russian Centre of Science and Culture here on Friday. Addressing a press conference along with Bollywood singer Shibani Kashyap, Dr. Aggarwal pointed out that the World Health Organisation had raised its …
Scared, exporters cancel foreign trips The fear of swine flu in foreign countries has compelled a number of exporters in Noida to cancel their business trips abroad. Those who were expecting some buyers and visitors from USA and other countries have also advised them to postpone their Noida visits to …
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: Assuring people that India was still free from A H1N1 virus, the government on Friday said that over 20,000 passengers who had arrived in the country in the past few days were screened, with none of them showing any symptoms of the flu.
Oseltamivir or Tamiflu, the wonder drug that cures avian influenza as well as the new H1N1 flu, would be distributed in India only through the government machinery as experts have warned that its indiscriminate use can result in the virus developing resistance to the medicine. Briefing reporters here today, Ministry …
Even as global health organisations and the European Union are cautioning people not to panic over the impact of the H1N1 influenza (swine flu), Indian IT majors with centres in Mexico have activated their business continuity plans. This development comes at a time when analysts are exhorting IT firms to …
New Delhi: With the deadly swine flu virus constantly evolving, the World Health Organization (WHO) has not ruled out the possibility of increasing its alert level to the highest-possible level 6, which would mean a global pandemic is
CATHERINE BREMER MEXICO CITY ? 1st HUMAN TRANSMISSION CASE IN UK, NO W.H.O. MEET Mexico started afive-day shutdown of most offices and businesses on Friday to try to halt the spread of a deadly flu strain, and officials said they were encouraged by signs the number of new cases was …
With the H1N1 influenza virus (earlier referred to as the swine flu virus) spreading to more countries, the Indian authorities said that by Saturday all international airports in India will come under complete surveillance for screening of suspect cases. The health authorities maintained that there is no need to panic …
PREVENTIVE measures to tackle the possible threat of swine flu continued on Friday as the Chennai Corporation captured 25 more pigs, taking the total number culled to around 150 in the last three days. After attending an emergency meeting of experts and corporation health officials, Corporation Commissioner Rajesh Lakhoni gave …
Slowly but surely, the virus commonly known as swine flu continued to spread across the globe Friday, as the number of confirmed cases rose from 257 to 331, the World Health Organization in Geneva reported. In Europe, authorities voiced fears that the virus was now being transferred within their own …
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. Shortly after CDC rang the alarm bell on 21 April in a …
April 30: Indian authorities have clarified that there is no suspected case of swine flu in the country so far. The Centre has also decided to increase the stock of anti-flu medication from one million to 10 million doses, over the next seven days. Authorities said this stockpile would be …
TINITRAN April 30: China has gone on a rhetorical offensive to squash any suggestion it's the source of the swine virus spreading around the world in a campaign that shows its sensitivity over involvement in past outbreaks. Several Mexican officials were quoted in media reports in the past week saying …
Catherine Bremer April 30: Mexican President Felipe Calderon told his people to stay home from Friday for a five-day partial shutdown of the economy, after the World Health Organisation said a swine flu pandemic was imminent. Mr Calderon ordered government offices and private businesses not crucial to the economy to …
Aarti Dhar Surveillance stepped up; States told to probe and contain suspected clusters of influenza-like illness GUARDING AGAINST the contagion: Passengers arriving from abroad giving details of their travel plans at special counters at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, in the wake of the swine flu incidence reported …
N. Gopal Raj With the new swine flu showing robust human-to-human transmission, the risk of catching the disease does not come from pigs or pork consumption. Late on Wednesday night, the World Health Organisation raised its pandemic alert to Phase 5, a warning that the new swine flu virus was …
