Two people have succumbed to H1N1 virus in various parts of Gujarat in the last 24 hours, the death toll due to swine flue death has risen to 103 even as as many as 133 persons are undergoing treatment at various hospitals. ...
09:47 AM, Mar 13, 2013
North India has borne the brunt of the swine flu virus this year. New Delhi has reported the maximum cases, with 1,150 cases in two months alone. Rajasthan has reported 549 cases but the highest number of casualties, with 115 swine flu deaths. Gujarat has reported 260 cases and 49 deaths, followed by Haryana which has 294 cases and 36 deaths. ...
07:32 PM, Mar 09, 2013
As many as 45 new cases of swine flu cases were reported in New Delhi on Thursday, taking the total number of those infected by the Influenza A (H1N1) virus to 615, an official said. ...
03:44 AM, Feb 22, 2013
Two more deaths due to Swine Flu have been reported in the national capital, taking the death toll to 11 this year. Almost 510 people have tested positive till now. ...
12:00 PM, Feb 21, 2013
As many as 30 people have succumbed to the deadly swine flu virus in the past two months across the state, while 99 others tested positive for the disease, health officials said on Tuesday. ...
01:46 AM, Feb 20, 2013
Swine flu has claimed 23 lives in Gujarat since the onset of winter and 82 patients are being treated, the government said on Wednesday. ...
12:46 AM, Feb 14, 2013
Swine Flu has resurfaced in the country with 456 cases and 91 deaths since the start of the year. ...
07:52 PM, Feb 08, 2013
Four people have reportedly died because of swine flu in the national capital region. The Delhi government has confirmed that three people have died in its hospitals, while one person has died in Gurgaon. ...
10:18 AM, Feb 07, 2013
New Delhi: The end of the monsoon season has once again resulted in a spurt of cases of swine influenza, also knows as swine flu, across India. Pune is the worse affected city in the country. 226 people were affected by the H1N1 infection killing 9 between June and September this year. According to reports, four people died in September alone in Pune. In Madhya Pradesh, over a hundred persons...
10:08 AM, Oct 08, 2012
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
New Delhi: A year after killing hundreds, swine flu is back across several cities in the country. Nearly 14 deaths have been reported in the past 15 days, out of which 8 were reported from Pune alone. On Saturday, a 6-year old boy in Mumbai was tested positive, making him the city's first positive case after a gap of one year. The Health Ministry says there is no need to...
07:18 AM, Mar 25, 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
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh government has finally fine-tuned its flu fighting measures after more than 200 people have been affected and 21 people have lost their lives. Andhra Pradesh chief minister K Rosaiah asked the health department officials to take all steps to contain the spread of infectious diseases including swine flu in the state. While health officials are trying their best to contain the disease, the citizens are accusing...
10:44 AM, Aug 08, 2010
As the H1N1 scare returns, the health authorities are ready with two indigenous vaccines against the virus. ...
09:09 PM, Jun 29, 2010
A ready to sniff swine flu vaccine will hit the market next fortnight. The Intra-nasal vaccine is priced at Rs 190. ...
03:22 PM, Jun 26, 2010
The virus scare was exaggerated as alleged by several countries, including India. ...
03:58 PM, Apr 06, 2010
Officials said the avian influenza is spreading to new areas. ...
12:26 PM, Jan 29, 2010
