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S.ravi
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 Posted - 07/05/2009 : 08:22:34
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It may not be a celebrity story to rival the endless coverage of Michael Jackson's death, but actor Rupert Grint, who plays ginger-kid Ron Weaseley in the Harry Potter films, is reportedly recovering from a mild case of swine flu.
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S.ravi
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Posted - 07/06/2009 : 03:15:19
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Two more cases of swine flu in Punjab
The blood samples of the couple identified as Kulwant Singh and his wife Anita Kalra were sent to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases at New Delhi which confirmed the virus, Dr S S Walia, Civil Surgeon at the Civil Hospital told reporters here today.
As many as 10 people, who came in contact with the couple, have been admitted to the the Isolation Ward of the Civil Hospital and their blood samples sent for tests, he said.
A team of doctors has been formed to look out for a person, who came into contact with the couple after their return from Thailand.
Earlier last month, as many as eight students, who went on an educational trip to United States, were found suffering from swine flu.
With the detection of the two new cases in the city, the number of swine flu cases in Punjab has climbed to 13 including 9 at Jalandhar and one each in Fatehgarh Sahib, Amritsar, Gurdaspur and Hoshiapur.
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S.ravi
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Posted - 07/06/2009 : 19:50:35
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UN chief: $1 billion needed against A (H1N1) flu
GENEVA (AP): The United Nations may need more than $1 billion this year to help poor countries fight the global A (H1N1) flu epidemic, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday.
Mr Ban said the money is needed to ensure that poor countries get some vaccine doses and antivirals if the global epidemic continues to spread. But he could not provide exact details on how the $1 billion would be spent.
``The funding has not been flowing as we have been expecting,'' Mr Ban told reporters. ``We are now mobilizing all resources possible.''
Since the World Health Organization declared A (H1N1) flu to be a pandemic, or global epidemic, last month, experts have worried about the virus' impact on developing countries.
For the moment, A (H1N1) flu is mild and most people recover without needing treatment. But the virus could have a more devastating impact in countries where populations are fighting other health problems like AIDS, pneumonia, malaria and tuberculosis.
World Health Organization chief Margaret Chan told potential donors that she wants to start a minimum stockpile of vaccines to 49 of the world's least developed countries as a first step. She did not name the countries.
``Many of the developing countries have weak health systems,'' said Chan. ``They actually go into this pandemic what I call empty-handed. They don't have antivirals. They don't have vaccines. They don't have antibiotics.''
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Posted - 07/07/2009 : 10:29:12
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Print July 08, 2009
Article from: Australian Associated Press
RESEARCH claims that 99 per cent of Victorians who are down with the flu, almost certainly have swine flu.
Head of epidemiology at the Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory, Heath Kelly, says that of the 73 people who tested positive for influenza at clinics monitoring flu viruses during the last week of June, 99 per cent had the H1N1 virus.
"It's amazing, swine flu has taken over the flu season,'' Dr Kelly told The Age.
"If you've got the flu, you've almost certainly got swine flu.''
The research, published in an online edition of the Medical Journal of Australia, also showed the median age of Victorians with the virus was between 18 to 22 years.
Australia has had 6353 laboratory-confirmed cases of swine flu with 13 deaths, including seven in Victoria.
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S.ravi
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Posted - 07/07/2009 : 19:04:18
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Swine flu cases rise to 20
HYDERABAD: One more case, 20th in the State, tested positive for influenza A(H1N1) flu virus, while two more persons with suspected symptoms were admitted to the A.P. Government General and Chest Hospital here on Tuesday.
The positive confirmation received on Tuesday from the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD), New Delhi, pertains to a nine-year-old boy who had travelled from Chicago to the city on Air India flight on July 3.
He showed no symptoms during screening at the airport, but developed the same the next day.
“He was admitted here on July 5 and his reports received on Tuesday shows positive confirmation.
He is 20th positive case reported in the State,” informed K. Subhakar, State Coordinator for A(H1N1) flu virus. The boy’s family members with whom he had spent time before being brought to the quarantine were also provided preventive treatment.
Those admitted with suspected symptoms include a 37-year-old traveller from Abu Dhabi and a 28-year-old woman who had returned from Singapore after a sight seeing tour. The latter returned to the city on Silk Airways flight on July 4, and on developing suspected symptoms, came to the General and Chest Hospital today.
Techie’s samples
A 26-year-old software professional who had come to the city from New York was admitted on Monday and report from NICD on her samples is awaited.
“As of now, 19 of the 20 positive cases have been discharged after treatment,” Dr. Subhakar added.
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Posted - 07/08/2009 : 20:19:47
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Thursday,9 July 2009 Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on Influenza a(H1N1) as on 8th July 2009
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19:27 IST
World Health Organization has reported 94,512 laboratory confirmed cases of influenza A/H1N1 infection from 135 countries as on 6th July 2009. There have been 429 deaths. There is no further update.
Health screening of passengers coming from affected countries is continuing in 22 International airports. 45,107 passengers have been screened on 7.7.2009 of which 34,233 passengers were from affected countries. 224 doctors and 112 paramedics are manning 81 counters at these airports. A cumulative total of 30,31,360 passengers have been screened.
Five new laboratory confirmed cases has been reported today: Delhi (1), Mumbai (1), Bangalore (1) and Srinagar (2).
The case in Delhi is a 25 year old male passenger who travelled from USA reaching New Delhi on 3th July 2009 by Delta Airlines flight DL 184. He reported with symptoms of running nose, sore-throat, fever and body-ache on 7th July 2009 at the identified health facility where he is admitted.
In Mumbai, a 40 year old male who travelled from Los Angeles, USA to Mumbai transiting Singapore [Singapore Airlines flight SQ11 and SQ 4222] reached Mumbai on 7th July 2009. He reported on 7th July 2009 with symptoms of fever and cough at the identified health facility where he is admitted.
The case in Bangalore is a 29 years old male who travelled from Melbourne transiting Bangkok to Bangalore by Thai Airways flight TG 0325 reaching Bangalore on 4th July 2009. He reported at the identified health facility with history of fever and cough on 6th July 2009.
The two cases in Srinagar are mother (33 years) and son (6 years) who had travelled from Bangkok to New Delhi by IC 854 reaching Delhi on 4.7.2009 and travelling further to Srinagar on 5th July by Spice Jet Flight SG 851. They developed symptoms of fever and reported to the Army Hospital at Srinagar.
1007 persons have been tested so far of which 158 are positive for Influenza A H1N1 [Swine]. 303 out of the 1007 persons have been identified through entry screening, twenty seven through contact tracing and the rest were self reported.
Of the 158 positive cases, 113 have been discharged. Rest of them remains admitted to the identified health facility.
The situation is being monitored.
DS/NCJ/ska
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S.ravi
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Posted - 07/09/2009 : 10:14:26
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Thursday,9 July 2009
Thursday, July 09, 2009
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on Influenza A(H1N1) as on 9th July 2009
19:37 IST
World Health Organization has reported 94,512 laboratory confirmed cases of influenza A/H1N1 infection from 135 countries as on 6th July 2009. There have been 429 deaths. There is no further update.
Health screening of passengers coming from affected countries is continuing in 22 International airports. 47,308 passengers have been screened on 8.7.2009 of which 36,601 passengers were from affected countries. 224 doctors and 112 paramedics are manning 81 counters at these airports. A cumulative total of 30,78,668 passengers have been screened.
Six new laboratory confirmed cases have been reported today: Delhi (3), Goa (1), Hyderabad (1) and Bangalore (1)
Out of the three cases in Delhi, one is a four and half year old female child who travelled from London, UK by Qatar Airlines Flight QR 232 reaching New Delhi on 7th July 2009. She reported with symptoms of fever and cough on 8th July 2009 at the identified hospital where she is admitted. The second case is a 78 year old female who travelled from New Zealand reaching Delhi by Cathay Pacific Flight CX 753 on 8th July 2009. Since she was having symptoms of fever, cough and sore-throat, she was detected during screening at the airport and is admitted in the identified health facility. The third case is a 28 year old male passenger who travelled from Bangkok, Thailand to Delhi by Thai Airways TG 315, reaching Delhi on 7th July 2009. Since he was found having fever and cough, he was detected during the health screening at the airport and is admitted in the identified health facility.
The single case in Goa is a 31 year old male who travelled from Seattle to Mumbai transiting Frankfurt reaching Mumbai [ Lufthansa Flights LH 491 and LH 756] on 5th July 2009. He further travelled to Goa by Kingfisher Airlines Flight IT 3131 on 5th July 2009. He reported with symptoms of fever and cough on 7th July 2009 to the identified health facility.
In Hyderabad, a 28 year old female passenger who travelled from Singapore by Silk Air Flight MI 478 reached Hyderabad on 4th July 2009. She reported with fever and cough on 7th July 2009 at the identified health facility where she is admitted.
In Bangalore, a 37 year old male who travelled from Kuala Lumpur by Singapore Airlines SQ 502 reached Bangalore on 4th July 2009. He reported with symptoms of cough and fever on 8th July 2009 to the identified health facility and is admitted.
1040 persons have been tested so far of which 164 are positive for Influenza A H1N1 [Swine]. 320 out of the 1040 persons have been identified through entry screening, twenty seven through contact tracing and the rest were self reported.
Of the 164 positive cases, 114 have been discharged. Rest of them remains admitted to the identified health facility.
The situation is being monitored.
RP/VN
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Posted - 07/10/2009 : 22:09:44
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Saturday,11 July 2009 10, 2009
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on Influenza (H1N1) as on 10th July 2009
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20:7 IST
World Health Organization has reported 94,512 laboratory confirmed cases of influenza A/H1N1 infection from 135 countries as on 6th July 2009. There have been 429 deaths. There is no further update.
Health screening of passengers coming from affected countries is continuing in 22 International airports. 49,373 passengers have been screened on 9.7.2009 of which 37,674 passengers were from affected countries. 224 doctors and 112 paramedics are manning 81 counters at these airports. A cumulative total of 31,28,041 passengers have been screened.
Five new laboratory confirmed cases have been reported today: Delhi (2), Bangalore (1), Mumbai (1) and Pune (1)
Out of the two cases in Delhi, one is a 31 year old male who travelled from Bangkok by Jet Airways Flight 9W 0063 reaching New Delhi on 2nd July 2009. He reported with symptoms of fever and cough on 8th July 2009 to the identified health facility where he is admitted. The second case is the 8 year old son of the case stated above. He has no travel history and had reported to the health facility with symptoms of fever on 8th July 2009.
In Bangalore, the case is a 5 year old female who travelled from New York, USA by British Airways Flight BA 119 reaching Bangalore on 6th June 2009. She reported with symptoms of fever and cough on 9th July 2009 at the identified health facility where she is admitted.
The case in Mumbai is a 49 year old male who travelled from San Francisco, USA transiting Hong Kong reached Mumbai [United Airlines UA 869 and Jet Airways 9W 0075] on 3rd July 2009. He reported with fever and cough on 8th July 2009 at the identified health facility where he is admitted.
The case in Pune is a 16 year old male who travelled from Chicago, USA by American Airlines flight [AA 292] reaching Delhi on 4th July and further travelled to Pune by Spice Jet flight No. 219 reaching Pune on 8th July. He reported to the identified health facility with symptoms of fever and cough on 9th July, 2009 and admitted.
1078 persons have been tested so far of which 169 are positive for Influenza A H1N1 [Swine]. 335 out of the 1078 persons have been identified through entry screening, twenty nine through contact tracing and the rest were self reported.
Of the 169 positive cases, 118 have been discharged. Rest of them remains admitted to the identified health facility.
The situation is being monitored.
*** DS/GA/GK/MK
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Posted - 07/10/2009 : 22:09:44
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Saturday,11 July 2009 10, 2009
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on Influenza (H1N1) as on 10th July 2009
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20:7 IST
World Health Organization has reported 94,512 laboratory confirmed cases of influenza A/H1N1 infection from 135 countries as on 6th July 2009. There have been 429 deaths. There is no further update.
Health screening of passengers coming from affected countries is continuing in 22 International airports. 49,373 passengers have been screened on 9.7.2009 of which 37,674 passengers were from affected countries. 224 doctors and 112 paramedics are manning 81 counters at these airports. A cumulative total of 31,28,041 passengers have been screened.
Five new laboratory confirmed cases have been reported today: Delhi (2), Bangalore (1), Mumbai (1) and Pune (1)
Out of the two cases in Delhi, one is a 31 year old male who travelled from Bangkok by Jet Airways Flight 9W 0063 reaching New Delhi on 2nd July 2009. He reported with symptoms of fever and cough on 8th July 2009 to the identified health facility where he is admitted. The second case is the 8 year old son of the case stated above. He has no travel history and had reported to the health facility with symptoms of fever on 8th July 2009.
In Bangalore, the case is a 5 year old female who travelled from New York, USA by British Airways Flight BA 119 reaching Bangalore on 6th June 2009. She reported with symptoms of fever and cough on 9th July 2009 at the identified health facility where she is admitted.
The case in Mumbai is a 49 year old male who travelled from San Francisco, USA transiting Hong Kong reached Mumbai [United Airlines UA 869 and Jet Airways 9W 0075] on 3rd July 2009. He reported with fever and cough on 8th July 2009 at the identified health facility where he is admitted.
The case in Pune is a 16 year old male who travelled from Chicago, USA by American Airlines flight [AA 292] reaching Delhi on 4th July and further travelled to Pune by Spice Jet flight No. 219 reaching Pune on 8th July. He reported to the identified health facility with symptoms of fever and cough on 9th July, 2009 and admitted.
1078 persons have been tested so far of which 169 are positive for Influenza A H1N1 [Swine]. 335 out of the 1078 persons have been identified through entry screening, twenty nine through contact tracing and the rest were self reported.
Of the 169 positive cases, 118 have been discharged. Rest of them remains admitted to the identified health facility.
The situation is being monitored.
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S.ravi
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Posted - 07/14/2009 : 05:11:29
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Tuesday,14 July 2009 Monday, July 13, 2009
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on Influenza A (H1N1) as on 13th July, 2009
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20:36 IST
World Health Organization has reported 94,512 laboratory confirmed cases of influenza A/H1N1 infection from 135 countries as on 6th July 2009. There have been 429 deaths. There is no further update.
Health screening of passengers coming from affected countries is continuing in 22 International airports. 47225 passengers have been screened on 12.7.2009 of which 37,432 passengers were from affected countries. 224 doctors and 112 paramedics are manning 81 counters at these airports. A cumulative total of 32,74,920 passengers have been screened.
Nineteen new laboratory confirmed cases have been reported today: Delhi (6), Hyderabad(8), Ahmedabad (2), Trivandrum (1), Mumbai (1)) and Pune (1).
The six cases in Delhi are from a group of three families who had returned from a tour of Singapore and Malaysia. (i) – (iii) 14 year old, 18 year old and 48 year old, mother and two female children from the same family had travelled by Malaysian airlines MH 190 from Kaula Lumpur to Delhi on 08.07.09, developed symptoms of fver and sore throat on 11.07.09 and reported to the hospital on 13.07.09. (iv) –(vi) 12 year old, 19 year old and 42 year old, mother and two female children from another family had travelled with them on this tour by the same airline developed similar symptoms on 11.07.09 and reported to the hospital on 13.07.09. All of them have tested positive.
Six of eight cases in Hyderabad are social contacts of the case reported positive on 11.07.09. None among them have travel history. The remaining two are (i) 26 year old male, who travelled from Los Angeles to Hyderabad transiting Dubai by Emirates flight EK 216/EK 524 reaching Hyderabad on 8.07.09. He developed symptoms of fever, body ache and sore throat on 11.07.09 and self reported to identified health facility on the same day. He is also a contact of an earlier positive case. (ii) The second case is a 2 year old male who travelled from Dubai to Hyderabad by Air India Express Flight IX 632 reaching Hyderabad on 11.07.09 and got detected at the airport screening.
The two cases at Ahmedabad are (i) a 17 year old female who was among the group of 40 children who returned from USA (reported in day before yesterday’s report). (ii) The second case is a 45 year old female with no travel history abroad, but was a counselor who travelled with the above group of children to Ahmedabad from Delhi. The case reported today from Pune is a 17 year old female, who was also among the group of 40 children returning from USA as mentioned above.
The lone case from Mumbai is a nine year old female who travelled from London to Mumbai transiting Munich and reaching Mumbai on 11.07.09 by Lufthansa Airlines flight LH 764. This child was detected at the airport screening and admitted to identified health facility.
The case from Trivandrum is a 43 year old female and a family contact of two children who returned from UK. These Children have also shown symptoms and are being tested.
1205 persons have been tested so far of which 212 are positive for Influenza A H1N1 [Swine]. 358 out of the 1205 persons have been identified through entry screening, fifty two through contact tracing and the rest were self reported.
Of the 212 positive cases, 133 have been discharged. Rest of them remains admitted to the identified health facility.
The situation is being monitored.
DS/NSK/KD
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Posted - 07/14/2009 : 20:15:33
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A(H1N1): Google presses panic button
Company declares two-day holiday in one of its satellite offices
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HYDERABAD: A two-day holiday was declared in one of the satellite offices of Google India in Hyderabad, after a contract employee tested positive for swine flu on Tuesday. Alarmed over the possibility of the virus spreading, Google has asked all of its 250 contract employees to undergo check-up in Government General and Chest Hospital, the nodal centre for swine flu treatment in the capital.
Google India has two offices in Hyderabad, one manned by its staffers, and the satellite office referred to as vendors’ facility, where over 250 persons work. The main office, however, has functioned normally on Tuesday.
According to Chest Hospital doctors, around 95 contract staffers from Google visited the hospital on Tuesday with apprehensions of being infected by A(H1N1) influenza virus. “It created quite a commotion at the hospital and we counselled and sent back most of them,” State coordinator for A(H1N1) influenza virus, K. Subhakar said. Only four of them were kept at the hospital for observation as they were ‘symptomatic’.
Precautionary measure
“One of our contractual workers in Hyderabad has been diagnosed with the virus. He has been hospitalised and is under full medical care. As a precautionary measure, we have closed the concerned office for two days, July 14 and 15, and are taking all necessary steps, including sanitising common areas, to protect our employees,” a Google spokesperson said.
Dr. Subhakar pleaded that there was no need to panic for software companies to declare holiday and send all the staff to the hospital. “Only when there are symptoms they need be sent,” he added.
Three more cases referred to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) tested positive. These include a 35-year-old woman who had come to the city from Florida, a 29-year-old man from Sydney and a 28-year-old businessman who came from Thailand.
Isolation wings
The administration has also started isolation wings at other health centres in the city, including at Vanasthalipuram and Kondapur.
Five suspected cases were sent to the facility at Kondapur on Tuesday and if any of them test positive, they will be shifted to the Chest hospital, doctors said. Results of 21 samples including some of those from contacts were still awaited from the NICD.
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S.ravi
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Posted - 07/14/2009 : 20:16:46
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Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Wednesday, Jul 15, 2009
A(H1N1) vaccination must for Haj pilgrims
NEW DELHI: Haj pilgrims from India this year will have to compulsorily get themselves vaccinated against A(H1N1) to avoid getting quarantined in Saudi Arabia, Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor said on Tuesday.
PTI
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Posted - 07/18/2009 : 20:44:04
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Update on Influenza a (H1N1) as on 18th July 2009
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19:20 IST
World Health Organization has reported 94,512 laboratory confirmed cases of influenza A/H1N1 infection from 135 countries as on 6th July 2009. There have been 429 deaths. There is no further update.
Health screening of passengers coming from affected countries is continuing in 22 International airports. 50,308 passengers have been screened on 17.7.2009 of which 40,438 passengers were from affected countries. 224 doctors and 112 paramedics are manning 81 counters at these airports. A cumulative total of 35,11,264 passengers have been screened.
Seventeen new laboratory confirmed cases have been reported today: Delhi (7), Pune (5), Cochin (2), Trivandrum (1), Calicut (1) and Goa (1).
Out of the seven cases in Delhi one is an 11 month old male child who travelled from New York by Jet Airways Flight 9W 0229 reaching Delhi on 14th July. He reported with fever and cough on 16th July to the identified health facility where he is admitted. The second case in Delhi is a 36 year old male who also travelled from New York by Virgin Atlantic flight VA 300 reaching Delhi on 9th July 2009. He reported with symptoms of fever and body-ache on 16th July to the identified health facility. The third case (14 year old male) and the fourth case (10 year old male) are brothers who are contacts of an earlier reported positive case in Delhi and reported with fever and cough on 16th July 2009 to the identified health facility. The fifth (9 years old female) and sixth cases (2 and half year of female) are sisters and are contact cases of earlier reported positive case in Delhi and reported with fever and cough on 16th July 2009 to the identified health facility. The seventh case is a 16 year old female who is a contact case of an earlier reported positive case in Delhi. She reported with cough and sore-throat on 16th July at the identified health facility.
In Pune, all five cases (three 13 year old female children, one 13 year old male child and one 12 year old female child) are contacts of an earlier reported positive case in Pune. All of them reported with fever, running nose and sore-throat on 18th July 2009.
In Cochin, one of the two cases is a 9 year old male travelling from London by Qatar Airways Flight QR 264 transiting DOHA reaching Cochin on 17th July 2009 and as he was having symptoms of fever and sore-throat he was detected during the health screening and was admitted to the identified health facility. The other case is a 41 year old male passenger who travelled from Doha by Qatar Airways Flight QR 264 reaching Cochin on 16th July. As he was found to be having fever and body-ache during the airport screening, he was admitted to the identified health facility.
The case in Trivandrum is a ten year old female child who travelled from U.K by Emirates Flight EK 5601 transiting Dubai reaching Trivandrum on 16th July. She reported with fever, cough and sore-throat on 16th July at the identified health facility.
The case in Calicut is a 15 year old female who travelled from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia by Air India Flight AI 962 reaching Calicut on 16th July. During the health screening at the airport, she was found to be having fever and was admitted to the identified health facility.
The case in Goa is a 20 year old male who travelled from Frankfurt, Germany transiting Mumbai and reaching Goa on 14th July [Lufthansa Flight LH 756 and Kingfisher Flight]. He reported with fever, cough and sore-throat on 16th July and was admitted in the identified health facility.
1506 persons have been tested so far out of which 285 are positive for Influenza A H1N1 [Swine]. 441 out of the 1506 persons have been identified through entry screening, one hundred and seventy two through contact tracing and the rest were self reported.
Of the 285 positive cases, 178 have been discharged. Rest of them remain admitted to the identified health facility.
The situation is being monitored.
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Posted - 07/18/2009 : 22:18:20
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India's A(H1N1) flu tally up to 285
New Delhi (IANS): Seventeen people, including 14 children, were detected with the A(H1N1) flu Saturday, taking the total influenza A (H1N1) virus cases in India to 285, health officials said.
The youngest to test positive for the virus is an 11-month-old boy.
"So far 1,506 people have been tested out of which 285 are positive for influenza A (H1N1). Of the 285 positive cases, 178 have been discharged," a statement said here.
The 17 new confirmed cases were reported from Delhi (7), Pune (5), Cochin (2), Thiruvananthapuram (1), Kozhikode (1) and Goa (1).
The 11-month-old boy with A(H1N1) flu is from Delhi. The child had travelled from New York to Delhi July 14. Two days later, he developed flu-like symptoms.
Two brothers, 14 and 10 years old, and two sisters, aged nine and two-and-a-half-years, also tested positive Saturday.
According to Anjana Prakash, additional nodal officer for A(H1N1) flu with the Delhi government, 10 students were admitted at various identified health facilities with flu like symptoms. Of the total, four tested positive. The reports of six are awaited.
All these students are from four prestigious public schools in the national capital.
"We have reiterated to the school authorities to ensure that if any student shows flu-like symptoms the child should be immediately sent home," she said.
"There is nothing to panic. But people need to be cautious," Prakash told IANS.
In Pune, all five cases, four girls and a boy all in their early teens, got the virus from infected persons.
In Kochi, one of the two cases is of a nine-year old boy. He had come from London July 17. And as he was suffering from fever and cough, he was taken to the identified facility. His test was positive for A(H1N1) flu.
In Thiruvananthapuram, a 10-year-old girl, who travelled from Britain via Dubai, was found to be suffering from flu-like symptoms.
In Kozhikode, a 15-year-old girl was detected with A(H1N1) flu, while in Goa, a 20-year-old man tested positive.
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'Swine flu more dangerous than bird flu'
