NAYAGARH: Even though no suspected swine flu case has been detected in the district, the health administration is battle-ready for a possible outbreak. ADMO (Public Health) DR Mishra told this to mediapersons here on Saturday.
A District Rapid Response Team (DRRT) with CDMO, ADMO (PH), a medicine specialist and a paediatric specialist as its members has been constituted, Mishra informed.
Although the first batch of swine flu vaccines are supposed to be ready and licenced by October, most healthcare workers do not want to be the first to be vaccinated. The reason behind the reluctance is the 1976 swine flu fiasco in the US when the vaccine supposedly killed 25 people while the virus only claimed one life.
People who die after getting swine flu are 100 times more likely, compared to seasonal flu, to have been killed by the virus itself rather than secondary causes, a top French researcher said Monday.
India reported outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in poultry in the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh (February
India reported outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in poultry in the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh (February-April 2006); Manipur (July 2007); West Bengal (January 2008) and Tripura (April 2008).
One week, 17 deaths and over 1,000 confirmed cases. You can count the days on your fingers, but not the victims of the new public health menace -the H1N1 flu. "Its speed is without precedent," says Dr Randeep Guleria, professor of Internal Medicine at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
In the midst of a busy calendar when the nation is in the grip of a new and unusual global pandemic, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad spoke to Deputy Editor Damayanti Datta. Excerpts:
Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad
Q. The H1N1 virus has arrived finally in India and is spreading fast. How scared should we be?
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Five more swine flu cases have been reported in the state on Sunday. Three cases have been reported from Thiruvananthapuram district and one each from Malappuram and Kannur. The total number of swine flu cases in state has now risen to 116, an official release here said.
