
New Delhi: Some good news amidst the gloom. Doctors in Gujarat have confirmed the second death in the state due to swine flu. But there is some good news - The National Institute of Virology in Pune says the transmission rate has dropped. Gujarat has recorded its second death due to swine flu - a 57-year-old woman succumbed to the virus. The virus is in circulation in most parts of...

07:16 AM, Apr 12, 2012

Rajkot: A 52-year-old man died due to swine flu at Rajkot Civil Hospital, officials said on Sunday. This is the first reported death from swine flu in the state after the previous nation-wide outbreak. Manhar Dodiya, admitted to the isolation ward of the hospital on March 31, died on Saturday night, hospital officials said. Seven others are being treated at the isolation ward at present, and two of them have...

04:25 PM, Apr 08, 2012

Shimla: A 55-year-old woman tested positive for swine flu in Shimla on Wednesday, the first case in Himachal Pradesh this year, a health official said in Shimla. "The victim, a resident of Mandi district, was admitted to an isolation ward of the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital in Shimla," swine flu surveillance officer Omesh Bharti told IANS. He said the woman was in the hospital for the past two...

03:24 AM, Apr 05, 2012

New Delhi: One more swine flu death has been reported from Maharashtra. After getting treatment for more than a year, 35-year-old Nandu Chavan succumbed to swine flu in Nashik on Wednesday. Earlier, four people including a 70-year-old farmer in Coimbatore died on Tuesday in Coimbatore, two people died in Bhopal and one in Pune. The virus has claimed at least 24 lives in the last month. 11 of these have...

10:34 AM, Apr 04, 2012

Mumbai: After a calm year, swine flu has again reared its head in Maharashtra, with 69 cases and seven deaths reported in the last fortnight in Pune. At least 27 cases of swine flu have also been reported in Andhra Pradesh and 28 in Rajasthan with 5 deaths. Transmission in Pune has shot upto 15 per cent in this month, according to the National Institute of Virology. Authorities are releasing...

06:03 AM, Mar 23, 2012

Delhi continues to be number one infected state with 9,400. ...

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11:56 PM, Dec 16, 2009

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02:25 PM, Dec 16, 2009

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09:20 PM, Dec 15, 2009

The Government anticipating early release of foreign made vaccines. ...

04:44 PM, Dec 11, 2009

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01:30 PM, Dec 11, 2009

Doctors say that they were expecting to see a spurt in cases this winter. ...

11:46 AM, Dec 08, 2009

The number of people affected with the virus in Delhi is now the highest. ...

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