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S.ravi
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 Posted - 05/26/2009 : 19:54:37
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Swine flu kills two more in Mexico; toll rises to 85
27 May 2009, 0412 hrs IST, AFP
MEXICO CITY: Mexico's swine flu death toll rose by two to 85 and its infected cases rose to 4,721, as scientists advanced through a backlog of samples, the health ministry said in a statement.
The A(H1N1) epidemic, which has affected all of Mexico's 32 states, was still on the wane, the statement said.
Swine flu cases worldwide soared to nearly 13,000, spreading further in the Middle East.
The virus has caused 92 deaths and infected 12,954 people in 46 countries since it was first uncovered last month, according to the last figures from the World Health Organization.
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Posted - 05/27/2009 : 10:30:52
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Update on influenza A (H1N1) as on 27th May 2009
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World Health Organization has reported 12,954 laboratory confirmed cases of influenza A/H1N1 infection from 46 countries as on 26th May 2009. There have been 92 deaths. Country-wise details annexed. There is no further update.
Health screening of passengers coming from affected countries is continuing in 21 International airports. 41467 passengers have been screened on 27.5.2009. Around 14666 passengers were from affected countries. One passenger disembarking at Delhi has been referred to identified health facility. 221 doctors and 88 paramedics have been deployed to man 76 counters at the above airports. Till date about10.40 lakh passengers have been screened.
So far samples of 112 persons have been tested. This includes the one which tested positive for Influenza A [H1N1]. The rest have been found negative for re-assorted Influenza A [H1N1]. Out of 112 persons, 40 were identified through health screening at International Airports and the rest were samples from persons who have self reported.
The situation is being monitored.
Countries officially reporting cases and cumulative total of confirmed cases of Influenza A [H1N1]
including deaths [As on 26th May, 2009: 06:00 GMT]
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Posted - 05/28/2009 : 10:38:52
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Update on Influenza A (H1N1) as on 28th May 2009
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World Health Organization has reported 13,398 laboratory confirmed cases of influenza A/H1N1 infection from 48 countries as on 27th May 2009. There have been 95 deaths. Country-wise details annexed.
Health screening of passengers coming from affected countries is continuing in 21 International airports. 43047 passengers have been screened on 28.5.2009. Around 16532 passengers were from affected countries. One passenger at Delhi and two passengers at Kolkata have been referred to identified health facilities. 221 doctors and 88 paramedics have been deployed to man 76 counters at the above airports. Till date about10.84 lakh passengers have been screened.
So far samples of 115 persons have been tested. This includes the one which tested positive for Influenza A [H1N1]. The rest have been found negative for re-assorted Influenza A [H1N1]. Out of 115 persons, 43 were identified through health screening at International Airports and the rest were samples from persons who have self reported.
The situation is being monitored.
Countries officially reporting cases and cumulative total of confirmed cases of Influenza A [H1N1]
including deaths [As on 27th May, 2009: 06:00 GMT]
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Posted - 05/30/2009 : 21:54:19
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confirms first case of swine flu
30 May 2009, 2311 hrs IST, AP
NICOSIA, Cyprus: Cyprus' health minister confirmed the island's first case of swine flu Saturday, in a woman who recently returned from the United States.
Christos Patsalides said the 39-year-old woman, a foreign national who is married to a Cypriot and lives on the island, is in relatively good health.
He said she is being given the appropriate medication at a special unit that was set up to handle such cases at Limassol General Hospital on the island's southern coast.
Patsalides said he considered this an isolated case. The health minister said the woman developed flu-like symptoms May 29, a day after arriving from New York via London.
She went to Limassol Hospital after being told the children of the family with whom she stayed in the U.S. had been diagnosed with swine flu. Patsalides did not know where in the US the host family lived.
He said authorities have contacted people who have been in close contact with the woman, including passengers who were on the plane with her, and have given them given medication proactively.
He said one other person who was on the aircraft has developed flu-like symptoms which are being investigated.
"There is no reason for unnecessary concern," Patsalides said.
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Posted - 05/30/2009 : 21:57:11
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Update on Influenza A (H1N1) as on 30th May 2009
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World Health Organization has reported 15,510 laboratory confirmed cases of influenza A/H1N1 infection from 53 countries as on 29th May 2009. There have been 99 deaths. Country-wise details annexed. (There is no further update from WHO till 15.30 hrs IST)
Health screening of passengers coming from affected countries is continuing in 21 International airports. 50018 passengers have been screened on 30.5.2009. Around 22863 passengers were from affected countries. 216 doctors and 98 paramedics have been deployed to man 79 counters at the above airports. Two passengers who arrived at Delhi airport were shifted to the isolation facility. Till date about 11.80 lakh passengers have been screened.
So far samples of 119 persons have been tested. This includes the one which tested positive for Influenza A [H1N1]. The rest have been found negative for re-assorted Influenza A [H1N1]. Out of 119 persons, 45 were identified through health screening at International Airports and the rest were samples from persons who have self reported.
The situation is being monitored.
Countries officially reporting cases and cumulative total of confirmed cases of Influenza A [H1N1]
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Posted - 05/31/2009 : 08:05:17
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Australian swine flu tally hits 303
The Federal Government has had to send stockpiles of face masks to Victoria. (AAP: Dale de la Rey)
Video: Swine flu cases top 300 (ABC News) Video: Swine flu cases rise, threat eased (ABC News) Audio: Cruise ship at the centre of a swine flu outbreak to dock in Brisbane (AM) Audio: AMA raises swine flu concerns (AM) Related Story: Govt expecting no let-up in swine flu cases Over 300 people have been diagnosed with swine flu in Australia, health authorities have confirmed.
The number of swine flu cases diagnosed in Victoria has risen to 212 - making up more than two thirds of the national total.
Australians in all states and territories are now affected with the virus, with Queensland reporting 20 cases, New South Wales 57, South Australia seven, the ACT four and Tasmania, Western Australia, and the Northern Territory have one case each.
The latest cases are those of 39 people aged from five to 18 in Melbourne and two children and an adult at Cairns, in Queensland's north.
Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon says the measures to contain the spread of swine flu will be stepped up if the rate of spread continues.
"They now include cases in every state and territory, so we have one in Tasmania, and one in the northern territory," she said.
"The largest increases still remain here in Victoria, where we have 10 schools that are currently closed, although a number of those are commencing to reopen early next week."
Containment measures
Ms Roxon says tracing people who have been diagnosed with the virus and those they have had contact with will no longer be an appropriate containment measure, if the numbers continue to rise
"There is a tipping point at which it won't be possible to continue to do that and where we can assess that the disease really has become a community disease," she said.
"Then we'd move to a new phase where all of those efforts go into treatment and identification of people who are at risk. We're not at that point yet."
The Victorian Government's request for 5,000 surgical masks has been approved by the Federal Government.
The masks, to be used to deal with the swine flu outbreak, are on the way to the Department of Human Services in Melbourne.
Meanwhile, health officials say they are waiting on one last test result for swine flu from passengers on board the cruise ship the Pacific Dawn, which is travelling back to Sydney.
Nine test results from suspected swine flu cases from passengers have come back negative, but there is still one more being processed in Queensland.
If that swab is negative all of the remaining 1,800 passengers on board will be able to disembark as normal tomorrow morning.
But if the swab comes back positive for swine flu, a range of containment measures will be put in place including the isolation of the infected passenger.
Cruise ship tests
So far there have been no positive swine flu results among the passengers but the last lot of tests were collected from the ship at Coffs Harbour on the New South Wales mid-north coast this morning.
The Health Department's head of communicable diseases, Dr Jeremy McNulty, says analysis is now underway.
"The results of those will determine the next phase and we'll have more information about that later this evening," he said.
The 1,800 remaining passengers on board the ship which docks in Sydney tomorrow are still waiting to learn if they will be allowed to disembark, or be forced to remain in quarantine.
The new head of the Australian Medical Association says health authorities have not overreacted to the swine flu threat.
Dr Andrew Pesce says officials have taken the appropriate precautions.
"As an obstetrician, I'm very familiar with the fact that everything seems okay until something goes terribly wrong," he said.
"I think it's very, very important to keep on top of things.
"I think there's been an appropriate amount of concern raised in the community to make sure that people do follow sensible precautions to minimise the risks of getting the disease."
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Posted - 06/02/2009 : 11:44:22
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TUESDAY, June 2 (HealthDay News) -- Swine flu cases have now been reported in all 50 states, with the total number of people infected probably surpassing 200,000, U.S. health officials said Monday.
"It's accurate to say that there are probably several hundred thousand people that have been impacted by this flu," said Tom Skinner, a spokesman for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "But that's in line with what we would see with seasonal influenza if we had the number of cases we are reporting right now."
And while the outbreak continues to wane, new cases will continue to emerge, Skinner said.
On Monday, the CDC was reporting a total of 10,053 cases in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, including 17 deaths. The agency has said in the past that confirmed cases of H1N1 swine flu represent about one in 20 of actual cases, bringing the total number of cases to about 200,000.
Infections with the H1N1 swine flu virus continue to be mild and recovery is fairly quick, as is the case with seasonal flu, officials said. Testing has found that the virus remains susceptible to two common antiviral drugs, Tamiflu and Relenza, according to the CDC.
What has been different about the swine flu outbreak, Skinner said, is that activity picked up late in the typical flu season. "What was unusual was that in late March into April and late May we saw activity at a higher-than-expected level," he said.
Dr. Anne Schuchat, the CDC's interim deputy director for science and public health program, said last week that the newly identified H1N1 swine flu virus continues to behave much like seasonal H1N1 viruses, which may partly explain why this flu strain affects more younger people. "Seasonal H1N1 often causes more disease in younger people, compared with the other strains that can be more common in older people," she said.
Some older people may have partial immunity to the H1N1 swine flu virus because of possible exposure to another H1N1 flu strain that circulated prior to 1957.
Schuchat said a vaccine for the swine flu virus could be ready in October, if research and testing proceed on pace this summer. Candidate viruses have been shipped to vaccine manufacturers, she said.
It's still not clear whether a swine flu vaccine is needed, Schuchat said. Any decision to move forward would be based on several factors, including the severity and spread of the virus and whether there's a safe and effective vaccine, she said.
During the next few months, scientists will be looking to see if the swine flu virus mutates or becomes resistant to antiviral medications, or is more easily spread among people, Schuchat said. The flu season is winding down in the Northern Hemisphere but is just beginning in the Southern Hemisphere.
Schuchat said there's no way to tell now if the H1N1 virus will be more virulent when -- and if -- it returns to the Northern Hemisphere with the approach of winter.
The World Health Organization said Monday that 53 countries have reported 15,510 cases of H1N1 swine flu, including 99 deaths, most of them in Mexico, where the outbreak began.
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Posted - 06/03/2009 : 10:40:24
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Update on Influenza A (HINI) as on 3rd June 2009
19:16 IST
World Health Organization has reported 19,273 laboratory confirmed cases of influenza A/H1N1 infection from 66 countries as on 3rd June 2009. There have been 117 deaths. Country-wise details annexed.
Health screening of passengers coming from affected countries is continuing in 21 International airports. 44447 passengers have been screened on 3.6.2009. Around 19141 passengers were from affected countries. 221 doctors and 88 paramedics have been deployed to man 76 counters at the above airports. Two passengers, one each at Delhi and Cochin airports were shifted to the identified isolation facilities. Till date about 13.68 lakh passengers have been screened.
One passenger with a travel history of visit to USA and Canada, arrived at Hyderabad transiting London, on 30th May, 2009 by Flight No. BA-277. On his arrival he did not report fever. However, on 1st June, 2009 he reported at the identified hospital at Hyderabad with complaints of cough, running nose and fever. His samples tested positive for novel Influenza A [H1N1]. He has been put on Oseltamivir. The contacts are being traced for monitoring their health status.
As for the positive cases reported on 1st June, 2009, the co-passengers in Kingfisher Flight No.IT-2901 have been traced [except three foreign passengers] and all of them were found to be the healthy. Most of the passengers who traveled in EK-542, have been traced by the Govt. of Tamil Nadu and they have no symptoms.
Integrated Disease Surveillance Project has informed that no clustering of Influenza/ Pneumonia has been reported from the States.
So far samples of 141 persons have been tested of which four have been tested positive for novel Influenza A [H1N1]. The rest of the samples have been found negative for the novel virus. Samples of four persons are under process. Out of these, 53 were identified through health screening at International Airports and the rest were samples from persons who have self reported.
The situation is being monitored.
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Posted - 06/04/2009 : 11:27:29
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June 3, 2009
NEW YORK - Two more people from New York City and another near Syracuse have died after contracting swine flu, health officials announced Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the number of people visiting emergency rooms with apparent symptoms of the illness in the city has been declining since reaching a peak May 25, and authorities said school attendance was nearly normal after weeks of high absenteeism. But the trend does not necessarily signal that the virus is fading.
"I think it is premature to say the outbreak is ending," said Dr. Don Weiss, director of surveillance for New York City Health Department's Bureau of Communicable Disease. "There have been dips before."
The department said both people who died were adults in their early and mid 40s. They declined to identify the victims or release any further details, citing patient privacy policies.
An adult near Syracuse was the first upstate New Yorker to die of swine flu.
Onondaga County Health Commissioner Dr. Cynthia Morrow said the patient had underlying medical conditions. Officials did not identify the person at the family's request. The person died recently in a hospital and the state confirmed the death Tuesday night.
At least seven people in New York City have died after contracting the virus _ a fatality rate that health authorities say appears to be similar to seasonal flu strains.
At least six of the seven New York City deaths occurred in people with health conditions known to make them particularly at risk from any type of flu. The other death is still being investigated.
New York health authorities have stopped testing all but the sickest people for swine flu, so the true number of cases is unknown, but the figure is estimated to be at least in the thousands. State officials reported 780 confirmed cases as of Tuesday.
The virus has worked itself into even rarified environments, including the U.S. Military Academy. West Point officials confirmed Wednesday that a person on the campus had swine flu and is recovering at home.
Since late April, more than 340 people in New York City have been hospitalized with the flu. A preliminary analysis of 152 of those patients suggests that asthma is emerging as the common risk factor among people hit especially hard by the illness.
About 41 percent, or two of every five people, hospitalized with the virus suffered from asthma, the city found. About 18 percent were under age two; 13 percent had a weakened immune system due to another ailment and 12 percent had heart disease.
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AP reporter William Kates in Syracuse contributed to this report.
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Posted - 06/05/2009 : 10:22:18
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Indiana reports 18 more swine flu cases
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The Indiana State Department of Health has confirmed 18 new cases of swine flu in five counties, including 10 cases in Lake County.
The new cases reported Thursday bring the state's total since the outbreak began in April to 173, with 13 of them requiring hospitalization. No deaths in Indiana have been attributed to the virus.
The latest cases also include five in Marion County and one each in Allen, Hendricks and Monroe counties. Overall, Marion County has had 89 cases and Lake County 54 cases. No other county has had more than five cases.
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Posted - 06/07/2009 : 01:30:37
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More than 1,000 Australians have swine fluJune 7, 2009 - 12:32PM .
More than 1,000 Australians have tested positive for swine flu.
Eight people in Tasmania have now been confirmed as having the virus after two more positive results.
Public Health Physician Kelly Shaw said the new cases included a woman who had recently travelled to Victoria - the first confirmed case swine flu in the state's north.
An ambulance officer from Tasmania's northwest is the other new case, Dr Shaw said in a statement.
"Both of the new cases are in home isolation and following the advice of public health officials," Dr Shaw said.
North West Ambulance Superintendent Paul Templar said swine flu continued to put pressure on staffing in the region.
He said the third staff member confirmed to have the virus had been in home isolation for some days, because of close contact with previous cases.
"In addition to the three officers with confirmed human swine flu, we have another 10 staff in home isolation, either because they were close contacts of the confirmed cases or because they were showing symptoms of flu-like illness," Mr Templar said.
"That means that we currently have 13 staff members who are unavailable for the roster."
South Australia has 11 cases after an 18-year-old man from South Australia tested positive.
The man had recently travelled to Melbourne, the SA Department of Health said.
WA's swine flu tally has risen to four with two new cases.
The state's Department of Health said the most recent confirmed cases were an 11-year-old boy who returned from Melbourne on June 1 and a 23-year-old woman who returned from Melbourne on June 3.
"Both patients are at home and are doing well," the department said in a statement.
Victoria has 874 confirmed cases of H1N1 human swine influenza, according to the latest figures released.
Queensland has 37 confirmed cases after five new cases of the H1N1 virus were added.
"The latest cases included three from Brisbane and two from the Gold Coast," Queensland Health said in a statement released on Saturday.
Meanwhile, in NSW 78 people have been confirmed as having swine flu.
NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant said 54 of them were associated with the Pacific Dawn cruise ship, a further 18 associated with overseas travel and six cases acquired in Victoria.
ACT health authorities said the territory has seven confirmed cases of the influenza A(H1N1) virus.
And the Northern Territory has two confirmed cases, according to the latest available information.
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Posted - 06/07/2009 : 18:46:29
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Swine flu reaches capital, 2 infected
8 Jun 2009, 0423 hrs IST, Kounteya Sinha, TNN
NEW DELHI: Delhi reported its first case of human-to-human transmission of the deadly H1N1 influenza virus on Sunday with scientists confirming that an infected middle aged man who had recently returned from New York had passed on the virus to his 60-year-old mother, who had been nursing him for the past three days.
The 35-year-old man, believed to be a close relative of a well-known businessman associated with a pharma company, had returned to Delhi on June 2 from New York onboard an Air India flight (AI-102) and developed symptoms of H1N1 swine flu on June 4, following which he tested positive.
The passenger was put on quarantine inside his farmhouse at Rajokri near the Palam airport. On Sunday, the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) confirmed that the man's mother has also tested positive.
The sample is, however, being sent to National Institute of Virology (Pune) for final confirmation.
Union health ministry officials told TOI, ``Both the man and his mother were administered Tamiflu on June 4 even before their samples tested positive. The samples of the servants in the house have also been picked up. The man was travelling in the business class of Air India from New York, which had just one more passenger who is now being tracked down.''
The total number of H1N1 cases in India has climbed to 10 since the virus surfaced in the country on May 16. H1N1, which scientists fear could be the world's next pandemic, has spread to 69 countries, infected more than 22,000 people and killed 125.
Meanwhile, Hyderabad saw its second case of human-to-human transmission of the deadly virus, the latest victim being a 25-year-old passenger who sat next to the 20-year-old medical student who got infected after returning from a holiday in Toronto on June 3.
The passenger was sitting in the row next to the infected student in British Airways flight BA 277.
All his close contacts are being traced and would be administered Tamiflu, the only anti-viral known to be effective against H1N1, as a preventive measure.
Hyderabad had reported its first case of local human-to-human transmission of H1N1 on Saturday when a 28-year-old man who had arrived in the city from the US was found to have passed the infection to his brother.
Even though Union health ministry officials say there is still no evidence yet of a cluster of cases in India that would entail banning all public meetings and putting in place social distancing mechanisms, they admit that cases will definitely start to spread far and wide.
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Posted - 06/08/2009 : 10:28:41
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Govt ups measures to combat swine flu
8 Jun 2009, 1607 hrs IST, TIMES NEWS NETWORK & AGENCIES
NEW DELHI: Sprucing up measures to contain swine flu, the government on Monday said it would activate 16 more laboratories across the country and set up state-level rapid action forces of medical personnel to deal with the viral ailment, PTI reported. ( Watch )
After a high-level meeting with senior officials, health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad told reporters, "Lot of arrangements have already been made. Passengers, especially from the US, Mexico, Dubai and Canada, are being checked at all the 21 international airports."
But in view of the fact that the disease might acquire larger proportions, he said the government has decided to activate 16 more laboratories to test for the swine flu virus in addition to the existing two in Delhi and Pune.
Azad said special caution has to be taken as the infection has now in one or two cases spread from human to human.
"The health ministry already has the labs, but they are for testing different diseases. They would be prepared for H1N1 flu also and the lab technicians and doctors would be trained within a week," he said.
The minister said that the government has sent a rapid action team to Andhra Pradesh where the first human to human transmission of swine flu was reported, but added that it was not enough.
Azad said, "Creating more teams is not enough as we shall have to train them. So we have decided at the national level we have about 25 doctors who are trained in this type of particular diseases and would in turn train the state-level teams." The doctors for the state teams would be trained in a months's time, he added.
Listing other measures being taken by the ministry, he said the government has at present 10 lakh capsules of Oseltamivir which was enough to treat the same number of patients.
Asked if he was satisfied with the screening process at the various international airports, he said, "So far around 15 lakh passengers have come to India from the flu-affected countries. It is not humanly possible to screen all of them. So we are focusing on people who have declared any symptom of the disease.
"We are also tracking down all the co-passengers of those who have tested positive and are testing them for the virus," he added.
The minister said there were 10 confirmed cases in the country and added that the government would issue fresh advisories to defer non-essential travel to the countries affected by the disease.
Delhi reported its first case of human-to-human transmission of the deadly H1N1 influenza virus on Sunday with scientists confirming that an infected middle aged man who had recently returned from New York had passed on the virus to his 60-year-old mother, who had been nursing him for the past three days.
The 35-year-old man, believed to be a close relative of a well-known businessman associated with a pharma company, had returned to Delhi on June 2 from New York onboard an Air India flight (AI-102) and developed symptoms of H1N1 swine flu on June 4, following which he tested positive.
The passenger was put on quarantine inside his farmhouse at Rajokri near the Palam airport. On Sunday, the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) confirmed that the man's mother has also tested positive.
The sample is, however, being sent to National Institute of Virology (Pune) for final confirmation.
Union health ministry officials told TOI, ``Both the man and his mother were administered Tamiflu on June 4 even before their samples tested positive. The samples of the servants in the house have also been picked up. The man was travelling in the business class of Air India from New York, which had just one more passenger who is now being tracked down.''
The total number of H1N1 cases in India has climbed to 10 since the virus surfaced in the country on May 16. H1N1, which scientists fear could be the world's next pandemic, has spread to 69 countries, infected more than 22,000 people and killed 125.
Meanwhile, Hyderabad saw its second case of human-to-human transmission of the deadly virus, the latest victim being a 25-year-old passenger who sat next to the 20-year-old medical student who got infected after returning from a holiday
in Toronto on June 3.
The passenger was sitting in the row next to the infected student in British Airways flight BA 277.
All his close contacts are being traced and would be administered Tamiflu, the only anti-viral known to be effective against H1N1, as a preventive measure.
Hyderabad had reported its first case of local human-to-human transmission of H1N1 on Saturday when a 28-year-old man who had arrived in the city from the US was found to have passed the infection to his brother.
Even though Union health ministry officials say there is still no evidence yet of a cluster of cases in India that would entail banning all public meetings and putting in place social distancing mechanisms, they admit that cases will definitely start to spread far and wide.
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Posted - 06/08/2009 : 10:33:41
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Monday,8 June 2009
Monday, June 08, 2009
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
H1N1 update as on 8th June 2009
18:17 IST
The 60 year old mother of the positive case [reported at Delhi on 7.6.2009] complained of mild symptoms and also tested positive. She got the infection from her son. They are on oseltamivir. All their contacts have been put on chemoprophylaxis.
World Health Organization has reported 25,288 laboratory confirmed cases of influenza A/H1N1 infection from 73 countries as on 8th June 2009. There have been 139 deaths. Country-wise details annexed.
Health screening of passengers coming from affected countries is continuing in 21 International airports. 46963 passengers have been screened on 8.6.2009. Around 19856 passengers were from affected countries. 221 doctors and 90 paramedics have been deployed to man 76 counters at the above airports. Four suspect cases, one each at Bangalore, Mumbai and two at Delhi have been isolated at the identified health facility.
So far samples of 185 persons have been tested of which eleven have been tested positive for novel Influenza A [H1N1]. Of these, two are indigenous cases who got the infection from the positive cases traveled from abroad. The rest of the samples have been found negative for the novel virus. Samples of four persons are under process. Of these, 69 were identified through health screening at International Airports and the rest were samples from persons who have self reported.
Today, the Hon’ble Minister for Health and Family Welfare reviewed the situation with the senior officials of the Ministry.
The situation is being monitored.
Countries officially reporting cases and cumulative total of confirmed cases of Influenza A [H1N1]
including deaths [As on 8th June, 2009: 06:00 GMT]
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Posted - 06/08/2009 : 18:31:21
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Indian govt to set up 16 more laboratories across the country to battle swine flu.Related ArticlesMost Read ArticlesIndia to showcase alternative system of medicine at AAPI
Swine flu: first case in Delhi, 10 so far
Fever pitch
Sprucing up measures to contain swine flu, the government on Monday said it would activate 16 more laboratories across the country and set up state-level rapid action forces of medical personnel to deal with the viral ailment. After a high-level meeting with senior officials, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad told reporters, "Lot of arrangements have already been made. Passengers, especially from the US, Mexico, Dubai and Canada, are being checked on all the 21 international airports."
But in view of the fact that the disease might acquire larger proportions, he said the government has decided to activate 16 more laboratories to test for the swine flu virus in addition to the existing two in Delhi and Pune. Azad said special caution has to be taken as the infection has now in one or two cases spread from human to human.
"The Health Ministry already has the labs, but they are for testing different diseases. They would be prepared for H1N1 flu also and the lab technicians and doctors would be trained within a week," he said. The minister said that the government has sent a Rapid Action team to Andhra Pradesh where the first human to human transmission of swine flu was reported, but added that it was not enough.
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'Swine flu more dangerous than bird flu'
