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Five more people tested positive for H1N1 in Lucknow

August 23, 2012
A day after a senior citizen died of swine flu in Lucknow the city has reported five more cases. Samples of five people, brought to Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI) with symptoms of the dreaded …

Mumbai Swine Flu Update: Virus back in the city?

August 4, 2012
The Swine Flu H1N1 virus has reared its ugly head again and struck twice in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, claiming two lives. A nurse in Nerul, Navi Mumbai and a 19-year old Chembur boy were the victims. Suman Kamble (44) was …

Karnataka Swine Flu Update: Virus claims 28 lives

August 2, 2012
While there is a lot of noise being made about increasing number of dengue deaths, swine flu seems to have slipped under the radar in Karnataka. According to the Karnataka government, the H1N1 virus has claimed 28 lives in the …

Kerala Swine Flu Update: Death toll up to eight since Jan

July 17, 2012
A 51-year-old woman who tested positive for H1N1 died in Kerala yesterday, taking the swine flu toll to eight since January this year. The woman from Chavara in Kollam district died at a private hospital. She had earlier tested …

Swine Flu Mumbai Update: Toll reaches 75 this year

July 10, 2012
It looks like the swine flu menace is back in town. A 25 year old from Parel tested positive for the H1N1 virus on Monday. "She was suffering from heavy cough, cold and fever. She has been put on Tamiflu and is stable now," said …

Swine flu (H1N1) 2009 pandemic far worse than recorded: Lancet study

June 28, 2012
If a recent Lancet study is to be believed India grossly underestimated the might of the swine flu pandemic. A US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, study with help from the All India Institute of Medical …

Swine flu Mumbai: 75 year old tests positive

June 27, 2012
It seems like the swine flu menace is back in Maharasthra. Recently a 75-year old woman from Ghatkopar tested positive for the virus taking the total number of swine flu H1N1cases to 47 this year said a Brihanmumbai Municipal …

Two more people test positive for swine flu in Mumbai

May 1, 2012
After a lull, the swine flu menace has reared its ugly head in Mumbai. BMC official reported two positive swine flu cases on Monday. One of the patients is a 34-year-old man from Mankhurd. He is being treated at the civic run …

Karnataka Swine Flu (H1N1) Update: Total number of cases 173

April 30, 2012
After Maharashtra, Karnataka has the highest number of swine flu (H1N1) cases since Jan 2012. The state health ministry and experts however contend that there is no reason to panic. There have been 173 positive cases in the …

Second swine flu death in Himachal Pradesh

April 26, 2012
Himachal Pradesh has reported its second death this year due to swine flu, a health official said Wednesday. A 66-year-old woman from Shimla district died Monday evening within an hour of hospitalisation in the Indira Gandhi …

Kerala swine flu update: 12 cases reported, hospitals prepared

April 25, 2012
The number of H1N1 cases in Kerala has touched a dozen, a health official said Tuesday, adding that the authorities were fully prepared to deal with the situation. Speaking to IANS, H1N1 nodal officer Amar S. Fettle said the …

India Swine Flu Update 2012: Death toll rises to 57

April 25, 2012
As many as 57 people have died, mostly in Maharashtra, of swine flu in the country till April 18 this year, the Rajya Sabha was informed Tuesday. Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad agreed that swine flu or H1N1 has re-surfaced in …

Tamil Nadu Swine Flu Update: Was private hospital’s delayed treatment responsible for swine flu victim’s death?

April 24, 2012
A 35 year old woman’s death in Tiruporur in Kancheepuram district of swine flu has raised questions about private hospitals and their ability to treat swine flu patients. Health minister V S Vijay said the government was …

Tamil Nadu Swine Flu Update: Five new cases

April 23, 2012
Five new cases of swine flu were reported in Chennai and suburbs on Sunday taking the total to 73 cases this season in the state.  According to Dr Porkai Pandian, one of the patients, a 31-year-old pregnant woman has been …