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AHMEDABAD: A three-member team of health experts from Delhi is on a three-day visit to Ahmedabad and Rajkot—the cities worst affected by the swine flu outbreak in the state. The team will submit a report on Thursday to the state government and the media, about their assessment of the preparedness …
Bhopal: Two people have died due to dengue and two H1N1 patients succumbed after contact with deadly contagion, here on Tuesday. So far, this year over 40 people have tested positive for dengue. 18 cases of H1N1 have also been reported from Bhopal alone. "Dengue and H1N1 deaths have been …
The three-member team will be looking at preparedness, labs and their facilities, will carry out death analysis and look at availability of medicines in Ahmedabad and Rajkot which have reported the maximum cases and deaths in the state. A three-member team of senior doctors from Delhi arrived in Ahmedabad on …
Senior officials in the Delhi government, meanwhile, confirmed that five people have succumbed to the infection this year — including two residents of Delhi. Even as the Delhi government claims that five swine flu deaths have been reported in the capital, central government hospitals have confirmed at least 37 deaths, …
In view of the increase in number of swine flu cases, Punjab government on Saturday launched a statewide awareness campaign to be carried out at the district and block levels. At least, 15 patients have lost their lives due to the viral disease this season in the state. Around 280 …
Four more patients succumbed to swine flu on Sunday in the city which is battling its worst-ever outbreak of H1N1 infection this year. A 30-year-old man from Kapurai, a 33-year-old man from Chhani, a 33-year-old female from Tandalja and a 68-year-old female from Gotri area of the city lost their …
AHMEDABAD: Around April, during peak summer in Telangana when the H1N1 mortality rate was barely 1%, the joint director (epidemics) of that state reached out to his counterparts in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The three states held a meeting to determine whether there was a mutation in the virus and …
MUMBAI: Maharashtra accounts for nearly 50% of all H1N1 influenza casualties and one-fourth of the confirmed cases detected in the country since January. Baffled by the staggering number of deaths, the state's public health department has started taking a closer look at every casualty before labelling it as H1N1. The …
Highest 21 cases each reported from Panchkula, Faridabad The state Health Department is concerned over 77 swine flu cases reported across the state. While it claims only one person has died due to the disease, sources say at least 10 persons have lost their lives due to swine flu so …
Gujarat Health Minister Shankar Chaudhary said the administration is taking necessary steps to curb the spread of swine flu, with the help of over 5,000 doctors. Ahmedabad: Swine flu has killed 208 people in Gujarat since January this year and 994 patients infected with H1N1 virus are currently undergoing treatment …
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat government and the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) once again got a rebuke from Gujarat high court on Wednesday "for taking its direction lightly" in response to a petition seeking prompt measure to curb spread of swine flu, which has already claimed over 200 lives across the state. A …
The Uttar Pradesh government has asked all schools of the state to put on hold morning assemblies from tomorrow to prevent the spread of swine flu. "An advisory has been sent to all the district magistrates and commissioners in the state asking them to put on hold morning assembly prayers …
Panaji: With the incidence of swine flu going up this year, a total of 144 persons have tested positive for the viral respiratory disease and seven have died during this period, raising concern in the state. While many parts of the country have reported a large number of deaths, five …
Five more cases of swine flu surfaced in the city today. A six-year-old girl from Bapudham Colony was admitted to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research. Another case was reported from Dadu Majra, from where a 26-year-old woman was brought to the Government Multi-Specialty Hospital (GMSH) in …
BHUBANESWAR: As many as 16 fresh cases of swine flu were detected on Sunday taking the total number of persons affected with the viral infection to 119 in Odisha so far this year. A total of eight persons have succumbed to the influenza during the latest outbreak of the virus …
AHMEDABAD: Swine flu continues its death march unabated as total 170 people have succumbed to H1N1 virus infection till August 12 since January. In such times, lakhs of people congregating for the traditional Janmashtmi melas has the health department concerned which has ordered special arrangements to be made at the …
LUCKNOW: Lucknow reported 41 fresh cases of swine flu on Sunday taking with it the number of persons who have been affected with the disease to 393 in the city alone. Of the cases reported by the state health department, office of the chief medical officer (CMO) Lucknow district however …
In the wake of sudden rise in cases of dengue and other vector-borne diseases in the national capital, the Delhi government today said there was "no need to panic" and the administration was "adequately equipped" to handle any situation. As per the latest municipal report, the number of people affected …
Such is the situation that Patiala’s Rajindra Medical College has exhausted its stock of testing kits and the lab is now waiting for kits from the Centre. In a shift of sorts in the seasonal flu pattern, Punjab, like several other parts of the country, is seeing a spurt in …
A fall in temperatures has increased the number of swine flu cases in Gujarat. Ahemdabad alone has reported 28 cases and two deaths in the last 24 hours, and counting. As a preventive measure, the local civic body has started several awareness activities across schools. The state government has also …
