News of new Swine Flu cases and deaths are coming from all over India. Maharashtra is reporting more deaths while Kerala is reporting more cases. 1. Kerala: 15 new swine flu cases and one death was reported in the last 24 hours. 2. West Bengal: 42 swine flu cases and one death was reported from West Bengal in the last 1 month. 3. Maharashtra: Pune: 4 Swine Flu deaths were reported from the city in the last 5 days. 500 new Swine Flu cases and 57 deaths were reported from Pune in the last 3 months. Swine Flu claimed 270 people in the last 12 months in the city. City is reporting rapid increase in Swine Flu cases. Death rate (10%) from Swine Flu is very high in this city. Reason is not known. Mumbai: 18 swine flu deaths are reported from Mumbai this season. Aurangabad: One death was reported in the last 2 days. This is the first Swine Flu death in the region the last 5 months. 4. New Delhi: 38 Swine Flu cases are reported in the last 3 months and 5 people died from this viral disease. 5. Andhra Pradesh: Hyderabad: 10 Swine Flu deaths in the last 30 days. Warangal: First Swine Flu case was reported in the district. 6. Orissa: Two Swine Flu cases are reported in the last 48 hours. Death rate will be very low if people consult doctor when they have suspicious symptoms. … [Read more...]
Swine Flu news updates
Reports of new Swine Flu cases and deaths are coming from all over India. West Bengal reported first death in the state while Andhra Pradesh reported three deaths in Hyderabad. 60 people died due to Swine Flu while 330 confirmed Swine Flu cases are reported in the last 3-4 months. West Bengal minister and AIIMS doctor are also in the new cases list. New cases are reported from Vadodara, Surat, Srinagar and Pune in the last 3 days. Swine Flu in this season: West Bengal: 31 cases and 1 death Andhra Pradesh: 98 cases and 10 deaths New Vaccine from Serum Institute: Pune based Serum Institute released new vaccine for Swine Flu - Nasovac. It is an intranasal vaccine (administered through nose) and cost is just 160 rupees. It should be administered only on doctor's advice. … [Read more...]
Swine Flu resurgence
A fresh wave of swine flu was reported across the country with one person from Maharashtra succumbing to swine flu, today. With this death, the total number of people who have lost their lives due to this disease has risen to 444 with Karnataka as the most affected, recording 15 cases, Delhi 13 cases, Maharashtra ten and Kerala five. The total number of people affected by swine flu has reached more than 13, 000 and 49 cases reported during today alone. As of now, more than 70 thousand people have been tested for swine flu of which an alarming 18 percent have been found to be positive. This has been the report even as a none month old baby and a eighty year old woman admitted with swine flu died on Saturday in Maval taluka. 49 fresh cases of swine flu have been reported from across the country, according to official sources. Due to the sudden spurt of fresh swine flu epidemic in the city, the Sawai Gandharva Music Festival scheduled to be held in the city in December has been postponed. Significantly, this is the first time, in the history of the festival that it has been postponed. Although the festival will be held in the first week of December, the preparation for it starts almost six months earlier. This festival will be the place where about 35 artists from all over India will perform their best. Since it is the congregation of a large number of people, in the wake of the revival of swine flu, the organizers, after discussion with the District magistrate and Commissioner of the city, decided not to take any risk and hence announced the postponement of the festival. Swine flu has taken its deadly toll even in U.S. as the White House declared swine flu as a national emergency following the death of over a thousand people due to the deadly H1N1 virus. … [Read more...]
September 1: Swine Flu cases update
Swine Flu is now in full swing across the country while deaths are reported from Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat and Rajasthan. Number of Indians died from Swine Flu is now reached to 103. Swine FLu is still confined to urban areas. If Swine Flu spreads to small towns and rural areas, Government may find it difficult to control this disease due to poor health care standards in many parts of country. India reported first Swine Flu case in May and first Swine Flu death on August 3rd. More than 100 people died in less than 30 days. Mortality from Swine Flu in India is 25 per 1,000 cases while it is 2-6 per 1,000 cases in developed nations. That is really an unfortunate thing. Worst affected Maharashtra accounted for 54 deaths off which 32 deaths occurred in Pune. More than 1650 positive cases are reported in Maharashtra alone. Rajasthan reported first Swine Flu death which may adversely impact this tourism dependant state. Bangalore reported another death which takes total deaths in Karnataka to 27. Total confirmed cases in Karnataka are now at 485 which is the worst affected state after Maharashtra. Gujarat reported another death which took total number of Swine Flu deaths in Gujarat to 9. H1N1 denotes Swine Flu while H5N1 denotes meningitis. But, viral meningitis rarely causes deaths unlike Bacterial meningitis. But, bacteria are not responsible for Swine Flu. Swine Flu cases: 1. Maharashtra: 1,650 cases 2. Delhi: 667 cases 3. Karnataka: 485 cases 4. Tamil Nadu: 379 cases 5. Andhra Pradesh: 203 cases 6. Kerala: 18 cases Note: In my town, Government allotted just 10 beds for suspected cases. Can you control pandemics like Swine Flu with this infrastructure? … [Read more...]
Swine Flu pandemic information
Swine Flu: It is a type of viral influenza disease and generally affects pigs. But when humans are affected, it spreads from person to person in a contagious manner. Diagnosis: It is very difficult to diagnose because many flu diseases have similar symptoms like fever, cough, sore throat and body pains etc. Frankly, even experienced doctors find it difficult to diagnose Swine Flu. In these times, many doctors tend to treat every respiratory infection as Swine Flu as a precautionary measure. Many countries do not even have labs to diagnose this disease. Current alert level is 6 (maximum). Swine Flu Pandemic: What is pandemic? We call an infectious disease as “Pandemic” when it affects more countries/continents. In extreme cases, whole world will be affected. Epidemics generally confine to one country or continent. In these times, pandemics are causing more financial loss than human deaths. That is bad news for economy especially in the context of current slowdown. According to experts, strain might have moved into humans from pigs in Mexico 1 year back before breaking out recently. According to them, “it is too late to control from spreading”. World Health Organization officially declared "Swine Flu" as pandemic on June 11, 2009 but it has been showing its real impact from July last week onwards. This is the first global Pandemic after 41 years and we don't know how it behave in this "second wave". First wave (April-May) was less severe than WHO estimated. Last global pandemic: Hong Kong flu of 1968. Precaution: Wear N95 mask and protect from Swine Flu. Hope: Swine Flu vaccine may be available by late October in India. Swine flue cases estimates in India: 1. By November 15: 1,50,000 Indians will become Swine Flu victims. 2. By December 31, 2009: 1 crore Indians will be affected by Swine Flu. 3. By August 31, 2010: 30 crore Indians will be affected by Swine Flu. Japan is expecting 7 lakh cases per day in winter. According to estimates, 50% of Americans will suffer from mild to severe Swine Flu in winter. Important note: Death rate is generally 1-3 per 1,000 but it will be 5-6 in countries like India due to poor health standards. People suffering from Diabetes, BP and Asthma are at more risk along with pregnant women. In Bangalore, most of the Swine Flu deaths are in the age group of 25-30. Bangalore is the second most affected city after Pune. … [Read more...]
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