Swine Flu Up

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.

As many as 81 patients have been tested positive for swine flu in Meerut including 20 Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) personnel, said Meerut Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Rajkumar.

With 69 new cases today, the total number of swine flu cases in Rajasthan has gone up to 1,856 on Sunday. 72 people have died this month.

H1N1 flu virus is made up of genes from several different flu viruses which normally circulate among pigs, birds and humans. Similar to the regular flu, swine flu can lead to some serious illnesses like lung infection, pneumonia and other breathing p

The health department was put on alert on Wednesday after a 31-year-old man tested positive for swine flu, an official said.

Where only 265 people were infected by H1N1 last year, as many as four times of these many people have died due to the virus this year.

Leading clerics in Uttar Pradesh has asked Muslims to skip the traditional hug after offering Eid prayers today over worries that the tight embrace and handshakes could spread swine flu.

Swine flu continues its death trail as 1094 have been infected by the H1N1 influenza in the past eight months as per Union Health Ministry report released on Wednesday.

A 23 year old woman, who was seven months pregnant, died from swine flu last Friday at the Gandhi Hospital.

Children may exhibit slightly different symptoms on being infected from swine flu.

The number of deaths due to swine flu has shot up in Kerala because of the unpreparedness of city's medical centers to handle patients infected with the H1N1 virus.

16 cases have been reported in just two day span and the figures have visibly doubled up from the previous report

viral and bacterial ailments, like swine flu (H1N1), can easily be tackled by loading up on immunity boosting foods like turmeric, tulsi among others.

The virus gets stronger during colder months of the year.

Slammed for not doing enough during the dengue outbreak, the Uttar Pradesh government has set up a task force in each district to pre-empt swine flu outbreaks, an official said today.

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.

As many as 81 patients have been tested positive for swine flu in Meerut including 20 Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) personnel, said Meerut Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Rajkumar.

With 69 new cases today, the total number of swine flu cases in Rajasthan has gone up to 1,856 on Sunday. 72 people have died this month.

H1N1 flu virus is made up of genes from several different flu viruses which normally circulate among pigs, birds and humans. Similar to the regular flu, swine flu can lead to some serious illnesses like lung infection, pneumonia and other breathing p

The health department was put on alert on Wednesday after a 31-year-old man tested positive for swine flu, an official said.

Where only 265 people were infected by H1N1 last year, as many as four times of these many people have died due to the virus this year.

Leading clerics in Uttar Pradesh has asked Muslims to skip the traditional hug after offering Eid prayers today over worries that the tight embrace and handshakes could spread swine flu.

Swine flu continues its death trail as 1094 have been infected by the H1N1 influenza in the past eight months as per Union Health Ministry report released on Wednesday.

A 23 year old woman, who was seven months pregnant, died from swine flu last Friday at the Gandhi Hospital.

Children may exhibit slightly different symptoms on being infected from swine flu.

The number of deaths due to swine flu has shot up in Kerala because of the unpreparedness of city's medical centers to handle patients infected with the H1N1 virus.

16 cases have been reported in just two day span and the figures have visibly doubled up from the previous report

viral and bacterial ailments, like swine flu (H1N1), can easily be tackled by loading up on immunity boosting foods like turmeric, tulsi among others.

The virus gets stronger during colder months of the year.

Slammed for not doing enough during the dengue outbreak, the Uttar Pradesh government has set up a task force in each district to pre-empt swine flu outbreaks, an official said today.