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Opinion | Is India Really At Risk Of A Monkeypox Outbreak?
The WHO, on August 14, declared the current upsurge of Mpox or Monkeypox in Central Africa as a global emergency requiring urgent action. Though India has not reported any cases yet, the Central government is keeping a close eye on the situation.
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Study "Not Representative": China Downplays Potential New Swine Flu Pandemic
China on Wednesday played down the threat of a new swine flu strain with pandemic potential that researchers discovered in pigs, saying the study is "not representative".
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New Swine Flu With Pandemic Potential Discovered In China
Researchers in China have discovered a new type of swine flu that is capable of triggering a pandemic, according to a study published Monday in the US science journal PNAS.
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Took Lessons From Swine Flu Spread To Tackle COVID-19: Top Medical Body
The government devised an "intelligent testing strategy" and scaled up its preparedness to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, taking lessons from the 2009 swine flu outbreak that had "exposed glaring gaps" in the country's diagnosis infrastructure, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Monday.
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COVID-19 Is 10 Times Deadlier Than Swine Flu: WHO
The novel coronavirus is 10 times more deadly than swine flu, which caused a global pandemic in 2009, the World Health Organization said Monday, stressing a vaccine would be necessary to fully halt transmission.
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Amid COVID-19 Outbreak, Take Precaution Against Swine Flu As Well
Swine flu was pandemic in 2009 worldwide. Since then it is considered as an endemic virus with focal outbreaks in winter.
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The Swine Flu Terror: 67 Deaths Reported In Ahmedabad
Swine flu first affected millions of people in April 2009 and it was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO).A team of three senior doctors from Delhi arrived in Ahmedabad on Tuesday to know about the swine flu outbreak in the state.
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Swine Flu Virus Still in Air in Parts of Country
Swine flu virus, which caused an influenza pandemic in 2009-10, continues to circulate in the air causing sporadic outbreaks in various parts of the country.
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Swine Flu Pandemic Over, Says Health Minister JP Nadda
Swine flu has claimed the lives of 2,335 people across the country till April 21 and although World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the pandemic to be over, it has said that the virus would continue to circulate as seasonal influenza, Government informed the Rajya Sabha today.
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Swine Flu Virus in India Deadlier Than Ever: Study
Swine flu - influenza A (H1N1) pandemic 2009 virus - that has killed over 1,500 people and left more than 27,000 people infected in India has acquired mutations that make it more dangerous than previously circulating strains of H1N1 influenza, a team of Indian-origin scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has discovered.
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Swine flu claimed 344 lives in India in 2012
Swine flu claimed 344 lives this year even though the pandemic has subsided in the country, Union Health Ministry told the Lok Sabha on Friday.
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Nepal hit by swine flu outbreak
A strain of the swine flu virus, Pandemic influenza A (H1N1) pdm9 has been detected in Kathmandu and three other districts outside the Nepal capital, doctors said on Wednesday.
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H1N1 more deadly in obese individuals
Extremely obese people had a higher chance of dying than did others infected with the H1N1 swine flu virus that became a pandemic last winter.
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WHO says swine flu pandemic is over
The World Health Organisation (WHO) HAS declared the swine flu pandemic officially over, months after many national authorities started cancelling vaccine orders and shutting down hot lines as the disease ebbed from the headlines.WHO Director-General Margaret Chan said the organisation's emergency committee of top flu experts advised her that the p...
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Swine flu scare returns, 12 die
Twelve deaths due to swine flu in one week, along with, a surge in the number of cases since the onset of monsoons, is causing concern in the southern states.
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Opinion | Is India Really At Risk Of A Monkeypox Outbreak?
The WHO, on August 14, declared the current upsurge of Mpox or Monkeypox in Central Africa as a global emergency requiring urgent action. Though India has not reported any cases yet, the Central government is keeping a close eye on the situation.
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Study "Not Representative": China Downplays Potential New Swine Flu Pandemic
China on Wednesday played down the threat of a new swine flu strain with pandemic potential that researchers discovered in pigs, saying the study is "not representative".
-
New Swine Flu With Pandemic Potential Discovered In China
Researchers in China have discovered a new type of swine flu that is capable of triggering a pandemic, according to a study published Monday in the US science journal PNAS.
-
Took Lessons From Swine Flu Spread To Tackle COVID-19: Top Medical Body
The government devised an "intelligent testing strategy" and scaled up its preparedness to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, taking lessons from the 2009 swine flu outbreak that had "exposed glaring gaps" in the country's diagnosis infrastructure, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Monday.
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COVID-19 Is 10 Times Deadlier Than Swine Flu: WHO
The novel coronavirus is 10 times more deadly than swine flu, which caused a global pandemic in 2009, the World Health Organization said Monday, stressing a vaccine would be necessary to fully halt transmission.
-
Amid COVID-19 Outbreak, Take Precaution Against Swine Flu As Well
Swine flu was pandemic in 2009 worldwide. Since then it is considered as an endemic virus with focal outbreaks in winter.
-
The Swine Flu Terror: 67 Deaths Reported In Ahmedabad
Swine flu first affected millions of people in April 2009 and it was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO).A team of three senior doctors from Delhi arrived in Ahmedabad on Tuesday to know about the swine flu outbreak in the state.
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Swine Flu Virus Still in Air in Parts of Country
Swine flu virus, which caused an influenza pandemic in 2009-10, continues to circulate in the air causing sporadic outbreaks in various parts of the country.
-
Swine Flu Pandemic Over, Says Health Minister JP Nadda
Swine flu has claimed the lives of 2,335 people across the country till April 21 and although World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the pandemic to be over, it has said that the virus would continue to circulate as seasonal influenza, Government informed the Rajya Sabha today.
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Swine Flu Virus in India Deadlier Than Ever: Study
Swine flu - influenza A (H1N1) pandemic 2009 virus - that has killed over 1,500 people and left more than 27,000 people infected in India has acquired mutations that make it more dangerous than previously circulating strains of H1N1 influenza, a team of Indian-origin scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has discovered.
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Swine flu claimed 344 lives in India in 2012
Swine flu claimed 344 lives this year even though the pandemic has subsided in the country, Union Health Ministry told the Lok Sabha on Friday.
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Nepal hit by swine flu outbreak
A strain of the swine flu virus, Pandemic influenza A (H1N1) pdm9 has been detected in Kathmandu and three other districts outside the Nepal capital, doctors said on Wednesday.
-
H1N1 more deadly in obese individuals
Extremely obese people had a higher chance of dying than did others infected with the H1N1 swine flu virus that became a pandemic last winter.
-
WHO says swine flu pandemic is over
The World Health Organisation (WHO) HAS declared the swine flu pandemic officially over, months after many national authorities started cancelling vaccine orders and shutting down hot lines as the disease ebbed from the headlines.WHO Director-General Margaret Chan said the organisation's emergency committee of top flu experts advised her that the p...
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Swine flu scare returns, 12 die
Twelve deaths due to swine flu in one week, along with, a surge in the number of cases since the onset of monsoons, is causing concern in the southern states.
