Archive for October, 2009
Gujarat Chief Minister Tests Positive for Swine Flu
There has recently been a high profile H1N1 Swine flu diagnosis in the country, that of the Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi.
According to this BBC news report, the Gujarat CM tested positive for Swine flu on the day that he returned from his three day trip to Russia. He had been showing symptoms of [...]
Swine Flu ‘Superspreaders’
A new study has revealed that doctors, nurses and other health care professionals may act as ‘Superspreaders’ for the H1N1 Swine Flu. The study was aimed at finding out what impact health care professionals personal hand washing habits had on infection levels and it was found that te doctors and nurses who don’t wash their [...]
Swine Flu Vaccine Update
Prevention is better than cure and this is certainly true for the H1 N1 Swine flu pandemic, for which there are several recommended dos and don’ts to prevent its spread. Chief among the preventive measures is the much awaited Swine flu vaccine, which is yet to reach India.
The indigenously developed Swine flu vaccines are still [...]
Swine flu death toll over 450, Bangalore Doctors test Positive
Yesterday 4 more people in India were reported as having died from the H1N1 Swine flu pandemic, and the death toll in the country is now at 451 deaths in all. Maharashtra still has the highest number of fatalities, with 195 Swine Flu deaths, followed by Karnataka (112), Andhra Pradesh (48) and Gujarat (39). 104 [...]
Karnataka Prepares for Second Wave of Swine Flu; National Emergency in the US
The H1N1 Swine Flu Pandemic is not on the vane, people all over the world continue to die from it, and the death toll in India has now crossed 444 in the number of fatalities resulting from the virus.
In Karnataka the death toll is up to 111 and the authorities have said that they are [...]
5000 Swine Flu Deaths World Wide
We have seen earlier how the currently ongoing H1N1 Swine flu virus has been so much more of a killer than the H5N1 Bird Flu virus and now the World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared that about 5000 worldwide have already died from the Swine Flu virus.
This number however is considered to be something of [...]
Swine Flu Spreads Faster than Bird Flu
In the 7 months that the H1 N1 Swine flu pandemic has had its grip over various parts of the world, it has claimed far more lives than the H5N1 Bird Flu virus did, according to this report.
Swine flu has already claimed about 4,500 lives worldwide, with a total of 3,75,000 positive cases being reported [...]
Delhi Swine Flu Round Up
Many schools in Delhi are still playing it safe by shutting down for a time as their students test positive for the H1N1 Swine Flu virus. While one school shut down earlier this week , another has preponed the Diwali holidays a day or a few days in to limit contagion and spread of the [...]
India’s Swine Flu Toll Edging Close to 400
As of yesterday, 13 October 2009, the H1N1 Swine Flu toll in India stands at 396. The seven deaths that occurred yesterday, included 5 fatalities in Maharashtra.
It is commonly observed that test reports for Swine flu testing are arriving only after the patient has died. This was observed in Maharashtra that lab reports confirmed the [...]
Swine Flu Panic Receding All over India
Regular readers of this blog would realise that in recent days the number of news items relating to the H1N1 Swine flu virus in India seem to have been tapering off. The panic among people has undoubtedly receded. States such as Andhra Pradesh are reporting a decline in the numbers of positive swine flu cases; [...]