A man died of swine flu in the capital Wednesday taking the toll in the city due to the pandemic virus to 88, an official said.
‘One male died at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital,’ Anjana Prakash, Delhi’s deputy nodal officer for swine flu, told IANS.
With this the cumulative death figure in the capital has [...]
Nine swine flu deaths, including two in the national capital, were reported Monday, taking the toll in the country to 1,070 so far, health authorities said here.
Also, 83 new swine flu infections were reported in the country, taking the total number of people infected with the contagious flu to 27,795.
Apart from the two deaths in [...]
Two people died due to swine flu in the national capital Monday, taking the toll due to the pandemic virus to 87 in the city, health officials said.
A 41-year-old man died in Apollo Hospital while a 36-year-old woman died in GTB Hospital in the capital Monday, said Anjana Prakash, Delhi’s deputy nodal officer for swine [...]
Eleven swine flu deaths, eight in Gujarat alone, were reported Sunday, taking the toll in India to 1,061, health officials said here.
Also, 33 new cases were reported in the country, taking the total number of people affected with the contagious flu to 27,712.
Of the total eight deaths reported from Gujarat, four occurred Sunday and four [...]
Two more people have died due to swine flu in the national capital, taking the number of casualties due to the pandemic virus to 85, health authorities said Saturday.
The details of the deaths were not yet known.
The city also reported 10 new cases of swine flu Saturday.
‘Of these, one is a 12-year-old. The total [...]
Ten new swine flu cases were recorded in the capital, an official Saturday said.
‘Of these one was a 12-year-old. The total number of those affected by the disease is now 9,543,’ Anjana Prakash, assistant state nodal officer for swine flu cases, told IANS.
Over 50 percent of swine flu infections in Delhi were of children.
Seven [...]
Nine swine flu deaths were reported Friday, taking the toll to 1,046, Indian health authorities said here.
Also, 88 new cases were recorded, taking the total number of people affected with the contagious virus to 27,610.
While four deaths were recorded in Karnataka, where the number of casualties have touched 137, two deaths each were reported from [...]
Twenty-three new cases of swine flu were reported in Delhi Friday, taking the total tally in the city to 9,533, a health official said.
‘There were 23 new cases of Influenza A(H1N1) today (Friday), of which three were children. This makes the total number of swine flu cases in Delhi touch 9,533,’ Anjana Prakash, assistant nodal [...]
Twenty two swine flu deaths were reported from across India Thursday, including seven in the national capital, taking the toll due to Influenza A (H1N1) virus to 1,037, health authorities said here.
Also, 99 new cases were reported in the country, taking the number of people affected with the contagious virus to 27,522.
As many as eight [...]
Seven more people have died of swine flu in the national capital, taking the toll due to the deadly H1N1 virus in the city to 83, health officials said Thursday.
The confirmation of the deaths came Thursday. Details are not known yet.
‘There were also 15 new infections in the city. Of these, five were children,’ [...]
Uttarakhand has set up 31 temporary hospitals and trained at least 150 doctors to check any swine flu outbreak during Kumbh Mela, one of the largest religious congregations in the world that begins Jan 14.
‘The central government has already inspected the arrangements. They have also given us a truckload of masks for tackling swine flu [...]
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A 38-year-old woman died due to swine flu in Himachal Pradesh, taking the toll due to Influenza A (H1N1) in the state to 16, a health official said here Wednesday.
‘A 38-year-old woman died at the Shimla’s Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital last (Tuesday) evening due to swine flu. She was admitted to the hospital [...]
Three more people have died of swine flu in the national capital, taking the toll due to the deadly H1N1 virus in the city to 76, officials said Wednesday.
Anjana Prakash, Delhi’s assistant nodal officer for swine flu, told IANS that the deaths took place at the Jaipur Golden hospital between Dec 8 and 14 last [...]
In just over five months, India has lost over 1,000 lives to the deadly pandemic H1N1 virus, the health ministry said here Tuesday.
At least 12 people died due to the contagious virus Tuesday, taking the total deaths from it to 1,002.
Also, 62 new cases were reported nationwide, taking the total number of people affected with [...]
With 14 new cases of swine flu reported Tuesday, the total number in the Indian capital now stands at 9,495, a health department official said.
‘There were 14 new cases of Influenza A (H1N1) today. With this, the total number of swine flu cases in Delhi is 9,495,’ Anjana Prakash, Delhi’s assistant nodal officer for swine [...]
Sixteen swine flu deaths were reported in India, taking the toll in the country due to the Influenza A (H1N1) virus to 990, health authorities said here Monday.
Also, 105 new swine flu cases were recorded in the country, taking the total number of people affected with the contagious virus to 26,309.
While five deaths were recorded [...]
A city-based private company Monday started a drive to fumigate and sanitize the swine flu-affected schools in Chandigarh free of cost.
Alliance Formulations, a service provider for lifestyle and healthcare products, has come to the rescue of affected schools in the wake of increasing number of swine flu cases in them.
‘Understanding our corporate social responsibility, we [...]
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) A 21-year-old woman died of swine flu here Monday, taking the toll due to the deadly H1N1 virus in the city to 73, a health department official said.
‘The woman died at Ambedkar Hospital. She was spastic and her lungs were badly affected,’ Anjana Prakash, Delhi’s assistant nodal officer for swine [...]
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) As many as 244 Indian pilgrims died in Saudi Arabia during the Haj pilgrimage in November 2009, mostly due to ailments, according to the Haj Committee of India.
Eight people died in two road accidents. One pilgrim, from Andhra Pradesh, died of swine flu.
Over 165,000 Indians performed the Haj, one of [...]
Jaipur, Jan 3(ANI): Dog lovers in Jaipur turned Samaritans on Sunday when they took out a rally with their pets to create mass awareness about swine flu.
Despite the chilly weather, around 200 dog lovers along with their canines turned up to participate in the awareness rally.
Many dogs in the rally had their snouts covered by [...]
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) At least 26 people, including 11 children, were detected with swine flu in Delhi Saturday, health authorities said.
‘We have 26 new swine flu cases of which 11 are children,’ Anjana Prakash, the capital’s deputy nodal officer for swine flu, told IANS. There were no casualities reported due to the contagious [...]
Agra, Jan 2 (IANS) India is close to developing a vaccine to prevent swine flu and it should be ready by March or April, a senior health official said Saturday.
‘We are close to developing effective vaccines to contain swine flu. One company has already begun testing on humans, while two other companies have concluded trials [...]
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) At least 13 more people have died due to swine flu in India taking the toll due to the pandemic virus to 967, health authorities said Friday.
Of the 13 deaths, Maharashtra and Uttarakhand reported three deaths each, and Delhi and Karnataka reported two deaths each. Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab [...]
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) At least two people have died due to swine flu in the national capital, taking the toll to 72, authorities said Friday.
‘The death toll in the capital is now 72,’ a central health ministry official told IANS. However, the details of the deaths are still awaited.
So far, the city has [...]
New York, Jan 1 (ANI): Swine flu is less contagious than previous pandemics, according to a new study.
According to the WebMD.com report, the study examined 216 households consisting of two to six persons in which one family member had a confirmed case of the H1N1 disease.
Just 13 percent of family members caught the flu from [...]
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) One more person died of swine flu in Delhi taking the number of casualties due to the contagious virus in the capital to 70, authorities said Thursday.
‘One person died of swine flu in the Apollo Hospital. We don’t have much details as the person was from a neighbouring state,’ Anjana [...]
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) The armed forces had 204 cases of swine flu in 2009, leading to death in three cases.
In the latest case, an officer, also suffering from multiple organ failure, Wednesday succumbed to swine flu in Delhi. The other two swine flu deaths were reported in Pune and Bangalore.
‘We had 204 confirmed [...]
Washington, Dec 31 (IANS) Under 18-year-olds are more likely than adults to catch swine flu from an infected family member, says a new study.
The data reveals that household contacts aged 18 or under were twice as likely to be infected by a patient in their household compared to adults aged 19 to 50.
No particular [...]
Raipur, Dec 31 (IANS) Chhattisgarh has recorded its third death due to swine flu, a health official said Thursday.
The first casualty in the state was reported in August.
The influenza A (H1N1) virus killed a woman at Raipur-based Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Government Medical College and Hospital.
‘Varkha Bajaj, 32, died at the hospital Tuesday but we received [...]
