Health minister Nicola Roxon said on Monday that although no cases had yet surfaced in Australia, a case was likely to arise in coming days. However, president of the Pharmacy Guild Kos Sclavos said overseas travellers with prescriptions were driving demand because doctors appeared to be telling patients to travel with the drugs in case they fall ill with flu symptoms.
Three persons, including an NRI from Canada, were being checked on Monday for suspected H1N1 flu after they complained of fever and other symptoms even as people were screened at airports across the country for the deadly virus that has hit the US, Europe and Latin America.
Swine flu claimed three more lives across the country on Friday even as 124 fresh cases were reported taking the total number of infected people to 4,488. A maximum of 33 cases were reported from Tamil Nadu, while Delhi reported 15, Karnataka reported 18, Maharashtra reported 21 and Uttar Pradesh reported 30 caess of H1N1 virus.
Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa said the state has no plans to follow in Gujarat's footsteps and ban the book. He was speaking at a press conference on the just concluded by-elections in Karnataka.
Edward, aged 41, died at the Shifa hospital while Kalpana (44) breathed her last at the Maria hospital.
Talks about return to 9% growth, promises aid to drought-hit farmers and check on food prices.
Bangalore recorded its first swine flu death. Roopa, 36, died at the St Philomenas hospital.
With the swine flu scare gripping the world, especially India, experts are trying to figure out the economic impact that a widespread swine flu epidemic might have on the economy and the markets.
The swine flu death toll in the country has risen to 10 with the death of a seven-year-old girl in Vadodara. Earlier, a woman in Maharashtra succumbed to the dreaded virus.
Swine flu claimed yet another victim, a 13-year-old girl in Pune became the eighth person to succumb the to the virus on Tuesday. Shruti Gawade, a student of Ahilyadevi school, became the sixth victim of the H1N1 virus in the state.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation appealed to school authorities that if they find any suspected case of H1N1 or any similar symptoms they must inform the parents who in turn must get their children tested for Swine flu if necessary.
Here is an FAQ on the dreaded virus
Invoking the Act enables the government to forcibly put swine flu patients under quarantine in government hospitals.
India registered its first swine flu death on Monday after a 14-year-old school girl from Pune fell victim to the virus, a week after she was admitted to a private hospital with symptoms of the disease.
Sir Mark Sykes, a Tory MP, soldier and diplomat, was one of 50 million people killed when Spanish flu swept the world in 1918. His body was exhumed last year in the hope that the Spanish virus could help them understand bird flu.
Google India closed its Hyderabad centre on Wednesday after one of its employees tested positive for the H1N1 (swine flu) virus strain. The effort was to ensure that other employees do not contract the virus.
Google stated that it closed the office for two days as a precautionary measure and for sanitising all the common areas.
The throat swab of the 52-year-old non resident Indian, who died in a hospital in Kerala's Kollam district on July 1, was found to be negative for H1N1 flu, putting to rest fears that his death may have been due to swine flu. Deceased Stanley Pelis, who arrived in Kerala two weeks ago from the United Kingdom, had died of viral pneumonia, said director of Health Services Dr K Shyalaja.The patient, who hails from Kollam, was suffering from viral fever,she said.
In first confirmed cases of swine flu in Kerala, three persons, two of them women, tested positive for the A (H1N1) virus on Sunday. Of these, a 53-year-old woman and her 24-year-old son had arrived at the Nedumbassery Airport in Kochi on June 24 from Britain while another woman reached Karippur Airport in Kozhikode from Dubai the same day.
A lady and her daughter from New Jersey have tested positive for the H1N1 virus in Bengaluru.The 29-year-old mother and her 3-year-old daughter had come to Bengaluru from New Jersey last week. A mandatory check was conducted following which their blood samples were sent to Pune. The Test report from Pune were positive for the H1NI.
The current wave of influenza A virus is linked to the way we produce food in factory farms.
India recorded its first case of swine flu, with a 23-year-old man who flew from New York to Hyderabad testing positive for the virus. The patient, who travelled from the United States via Dubai, arrived in Hyderabad on May 13 and was isolated as he reported fever and his samples were sent for a detailed examination.
According to latest WHO update, Mexico and the US have topped the list of 30 countries where laboratory-confirmed human cases of the virus have been reported. Mexico has 2,059 cases with 56 deaths while the US has 2600 with three deaths. Canada has 330 cases, including one death, while Costa Rica has eight cases, including one death.
The World Health Organisation noted on Thursday international pandemic alert remains at phase 5, on a six-level warning scale, as the number of laboratory confirmed cases rose to 2,099 up by 441 from Wednesday including 44 deaths. Twenty-three countries have reported influenza A(H1N1) infections, with Mexico reporting 1,112 cases and 42 deaths, and the United States confirming 642 cases and two deaths.
The UN health agency at the centre of the global response to the outbreak said that 23 countries have reported 1,658 cases of infection and 30 deaths as of Wednesday. Mexico, where the outbreak originated, tops the list with 946 laboratory confirmed human cases, the World Health Organisation said.
Swine flu was first reported in Mexico, SARS and bird flu in China, but India surprisingly escaped being ground zero for any.
A suspected case of swine flu has been reported in New Delhi. Unconfirmed reports say that the flu was detected on passengers who came from the United States. Details are awaited.
A string of sports events were left feeling the shivers on Wednesday as the spectre of swine flu continued to spread fears globally, sparking a spate of cancellations and pull-outs. Motor racing, soccer, golf and elite-level diving were all impacted by the growing fears surrounding the H1N1 virus.
Issuing a public notice, the Kathmandu District Administration has appealed to local people not to consume meat-related food items for the time being.
Bayannur, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, announced a level III warning of plague prevention and control, state-run People's Daily Online reported. The suspected bubonic plague case was reported on Saturday by a hospital in Bayannur.
With both leisure and business travellers dropping Pune from their itineraries, 30 to 50 per cent of all grades of rooms in the city are vacant. This steep fall comes as double whammy for these hotels, since they were forced to pare tariffs 35 to 40 per cent owing to falling occupancies as a result of the economic slowdown.
A 35-year-old Ayurvedic doctor died here today becoming the fifth fatality of the deadly swine flu in the country. Babasahib Mane is the third person to lose his life due to the H1N1 virus in Pune.
As many as 27 people have tested positive for the H1N1 virus in Telangana and are presently undergoing treatment at the GandhiHospital here while 35 cases are under observation for suspected influenza.
Swine flu claimed the lives of 43 more people taking the toll in the country to 1,158 with Gujarat and Rajasthan reporting maximum deaths sparking panic among lawyers in Ahmedabad where nearly 10,000 of them on Tuesday stayed away from work.
New infections have spiked ahead of the Olympics, which are set to start in July
Three persons, including a mother-son duo, have tested positive for swine flu in the national capital, taking the number of H1N1 influenza cases reported in the city to 35 in 2014.
One more person has succumbed to swine flu in Hyderabad, taking the total number of deaths due to the disease this year in Telangana to 8.
The virus continued to spread its tentacles to new states, including Mizoram.
The 106-year-old patient was discharged from the Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital (RGSSH) recently after recovering, where his wife, son and another family member also recuperated after contracting the novel coronavirus infection, they said.
Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh are the worst-hit states.
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