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SURAT: Six new swine flu cases were reported in the city on Tuesday, including a six-month-old male from Adajan area, taking the total number of H1N1 infected patients to 69 since January this year. The deadly virus has claimed nine lives till date. According to the health department officials of …
LUCKNOW: Lucknow reported 23 fresh cases of swine flu on Wednesday with seven of these cases being that of children between the age of one and seven years. The youngest patient of the influenza A H1N1 was a 15 month old girl child from LDA colony. The city since January …
Mohali: In a bid to control the mortality and morbidity arising from H1N1 virus (Swine Flu), the health department has issued an advisory to all district authorities for launching awareness campaign regarding the flu. Spokesperson of the health department said in the past few days some suspected cases of H1N1 …
As per the data provided by the Pune Municipal Corporation health authorities, a total of 82 patients have died due to swine flu in the city since January this year. Of these, 24 were residents of Pune. Two more deaths due to the H1N1 virus (swine flu) were registered by …
State Animal Husbandry and Veterinary department Director Dr Saingura Sailo said laboratory tests confirmed that the cause of the deaths of pigs in Champhai and Biate was classical swine fever which had been present in the state since 1990s. At least 210 pigs and piglets have died due to outbreak …
Zimbabwe and South Africa have lost over one million chickens to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), it has been learnt. The disease hit the two countries recently, threatening the livelihood and food security status of millions of families. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) confirmed the development in a statement …
Vadodara: There is no let down in number of people getting infected with H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, in the city. On Sunday, 13 more patients from the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) limits tested positive, taking the total number of patients to 128 just within the VMC limits. …
LUCKNOW: Leaving health officials baffled on Sunday, Lucknow recorded its highest surge in fresh swine flu cases since January, with 23 new cases recorded on the day, by the health department. The city reached the highest figure of influenza A H1N1 cases in the state, with its own tally of …
CHANDIGARH: The first pandemic of H1N1 appeared in 2009 in the country. But what has startled the doctors is that the virus that used to spread in winters has started victimising people during monsoon this year. 17 H1N1 cases have been reported this month including three deaths so far. The …
A four-year-old girl and a middle-aged woman died of dengue and a man allegedly succumbed to swine flu (A1H1) at the government hospital here, hospital sources said on Thursday. The girl from Vettaikaranpudur in Pollachi in the district, was admitted to the hospital three days ago and succumbed on Wednesday, …
Swine flu cases in the Vadodara region are steadily on the rise with 10 more persons testing positive for H1N1 virus on Wednesday. The number of people infected with the swine flu virus has now reached 114. As results of the 14 samples which were tested at SSG hospital arrived, …
One more persons tested positive for swine flu on Wednesday taking the total number to six in the last three days in the state. All the patients have been undergoing treatment in a private hospital in the city. State government reiterated preparedness in different hospitals and issued guidelines to tackle …
Although the number of H1N1 positive cases is on the rise this year and two deaths have been reported in Dakshina Kannada district so far, DHO Dr Ramakrishna Rao said that the patients need not panic. Briefing mediapersons here on Tuesday, he said that throat swab samples have been collected …
A poultry producer has confirmed another outbreak of bird flu at a breeding farm in Standerton, Mpumalanga. The producer, Astral Foods confirmed a similar case on its farm in Villiers in the Free State in June. The first outbreak cost the company about R250-million. Astral Foods says the new outbreak …
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Inner Mongolia region has culled 66,500 chickens following an outbreak of bird flu that has affected 35,000 birds, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Tuesday. The H5N1 strain of the virus was confirmed at a hen farm in Tongliao city, which has of 3 million people, …
A Zimbabwean poultry farm has reported a second outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu, two months after it first occurred, the state-owned Herald newspaper said on Monday. Lanark farm, a commercial poultry producer 25 km (15 miles) south of the capital Harare, was hit again by the flu virus …
HARARE - A Zimbabwean poultry farm has reported a second outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu, two months after it first occurred, the state-owned Herald newspaper said on Monday. Lanark farm, a commercial poultry producer 25 km (15 miles) south of the capital Harare, was hit again by the …
YANGON, July 31 (Reuters) - Four more people have died in an outbreak of H1N1 influenza in Myanmar, a health official said on Monday, taking the death toll in the latest outbreak to 10 as the government stepped up public awareness campaigns about the swine flu virus. The latest H1N1 …
While Delhi is struggling hard to deal with the dengue and chikungunya menace, the rise in the cases of swine flu has put the entire nation on a red alert. As many as 320 cases of the H1N1 virus have been reported from the national capital as per the data …
Chandigarh: Even though three PGI doctors have contracted swine flu (H1N1 virus) recently, most doctors still shy away from taking the preventive vaccine. Doctors of the Sector-16 Government Multi-Specialty Hospital (GMSH) received the vaccine on June 6 but antibodies take at least two weeks to get activated. Also, a circular …
