July 15: The highly contagious swine flu has caught the state underprepared. The health department, it seems, will not be able to tackle a situation if the number of infected patients runs into hundreds. It has not even made ample arrangements to take care of the
Aizawl: As many as 501 pigs in Mizoram have fallen prey to swine fever and the monetary losses have been estimated at Rs 25 lakh, veterinary officials said on Tuesday. However, the officials assured that there was no reason to panic as swine fever cannot be contracted by human beings, unlike swine flu.
One more case of Influenza A positive, commonly known as swine flu virus, was detected on Monday raising the number of affected persons to 22 in the country, according to the Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research and the National Influenza Centre.
The number of H1N1 flu cases in the country is nearing the 200 mark with 10 more persons, including six minors, testing positive for the H1N1 virus, taking the total number of those affected by the disease to 193. Of the fresh cases, three each were reported from Delhi and Pune, two from Bengaluru, and one each from Kozhikode and Mumbai
US-BASED vaccine maker Novavax, that is developing a vaccine for Swine Flu, will conduct a major portion of the clinical trials in India. The trials will be conducted from September in joint collaboration with Ahmedabadbased drug major Cadila Pharmaceuticals.
The swine-origin Influenza A(H1N1) virus that is responsible for the current pandemic clearly has the ability to leap from one human to another. The chain of transmission, aided by global air travel, has taken the virus from Mexico, where it was first noticed among humans in late March, to countries around the globe.
