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A day after two persons succumbed to H1N1 virus, called swine flu in common parlance, doctors and the Delhi government health officials attempted to calm the nerves and said these deaths are not indicative of any alarming situation and both had caught infection from outside the Capital. "The positive cases …
Mumbai: An 11-month-old baby boy from Bandra (East) succumbed to swine flu on Sunday taking the death toll to 11 since the onset of monsoon in June. On Tuesday, 13 more, including five children and a pregnant woman, tested positive. The infant was diagnosed with Nephrotic syndrome (kidney disease) when …
Four new swine flu cases reported in last two weeks Paul John | TNN Ahmedabad: Temperature is dropping with rains and the state health department has pressed the alarm button anticipating a swine flu pile up like last year. The virus is now well-entrenched in cities and is indigenous unlike …
India has unveiled two indigenous vaccines against swine flu which so far has claimed over 18,000 lives around the world, including more than 1,000 in India. Seventeen people died and as many as 330 persons tested positive for the flu in different parts of India between July 5 and July …
NEW DELHI: Kerala and Maharashtra continued to be in the grip of swine flu with the two states reporting 16 out of the total 17 deaths due to the disease from across the country. While eight deaths each were reported from Kerala and Maharashtra last week, one was reported from …
MUMBAI: The Centre is upset that Maharashtra, one of the states to be worst affected by swine flu last year, has managed to consume just about 5% of vaccine doses provided to it. The Union government is even less amused as it has already placed orders with Indian pharmaceutical companies …
After having got its first swine flu vaccine, India is all set to introduce its first influenza shot this year. Probably among a few countries in the world which did not have a vaccine against general influenza, India will have a trivalent vaccine against flu by October, this year. Strains …
Pune A year after H1N1 virus created a pandemic in Pune, Nasovac, an indigenous intra-nasal spray vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute of India Limited is now available in the market. Mahendra Pitaliya, Chief Coordinator of the Chemist Association of Pune district, said the stock of vaccines is available at Anand …
A 22-YEAR-OLD nurse working in a private hospital here was admitted with A(H1N1) influenza to the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) on Wednesday night. The woman, hailing from Kerala, developed severe respiratory problems on returning from her hometown. She was administered Tamiflu tablets and quarantined at a special ward …
Mumbai: With swine flu cases soaring in the monsoon, medical professionals, who were until now apprehensive of taking the H1N1 vaccine, are suddenly making a beeline for it. The change in attitude, say civic authorities, is a result of their sensitisation workshops, coupled with the rising graph of positive cases …
MUMBAI, 7 JULY: Lack of motivation and fear of side effects among doctors and paramedical workers in Maharashtra is proving to be the roadblock in their immunisation against swine-flu, state health officials said today. Despite, nearly 700 cases of swine flu having been reported from the state since April this …
Mumbai: Sixteen people, including eight children and a pregnant woman, tested positive for swine flu in the city on Wednesday. Four of them were admitted to hospitals, and the remaining 12 were quarantined at home. The swine flu pandemic The first seven days of July have seen 104 people test …
Teena Thacker The first ever intranasal vaccine against novel H1N1 virus will hit the market Monday. Serum Institute of India (SII), which developed the vaccine, said it had got final clearance from Drug Controller General of India Dr Surinder Singh to launch Nasovac on Monday.
It was the state worst hit by H1N1 last year and is witnessing a second round of infections this monsoon, but doctors and paramedical staff in Maharashtra are refusing to take the swine flu vaccine. Their reasons range from doubts over the effectiveness of the vaccine, the mode of administering …
THE deadly H1N1 virus is back in Tamil Nadu, this time manifesting itself in 25 people already. But the state government seems to be taking the situation lightly, as it is yet to begin screening for the virus at passenger entry points into the city, despite 11 people dying from …
TWO fresh cases of swine flu were reported here on Friday. Both are college students hailing from Kerala. Randu (21) and Vyshnav (18), studying at a private college on Avinashi Road, had arrived here after spending their holidays in Kerala. They were given Tamiflu tablets and have been quarantined at …
MUMBAI: As 15 more people tested positive for H1N1 on Friday, the BMC cautioned that increased numbers could be because of random testing in private labs. Since the onset of monsoon this year, 123 people have tested positive and nine have died due to swine flu. The BMC said it …
The Public Health authorities in the State are concerned at the upsurge in the number of A(H1N1) cases after a clear downswing in the initial months of 2010. Twenty-one fresh cases of A(H1N1) infections were recorded in the last couple of months alone, Health Minister MRK Panneerselvam said. In May …
Sangeetha Neeraja | ENS Two cases confirmed in city, taking the total of reported cases in the State to 21 WITH the Government Gen t eral Hospital confirming on t Tuesday two swine flu cases in t the city, Health Secretary V K f Subburaj has said H1N1 vaccination would …
