Scared, exporters cancel foreign trips
The fear of swine flu in foreign countries has compelled a number of exporters in Noida to cancel their business trips abroad. Those who were expecting some buyers and visitors from USA and other countries have also advised them to postpone their Noida visits to some future dates.
NEW DELHI: Assuring people that India was still free from A H1N1 virus, the government on Friday said that over 20,000 passengers who had arrived in the country in the past few days were screened, with none of them showing any symptoms of the flu.
Oseltamivir or Tamiflu, the wonder drug that cures avian influenza as well as the new H1N1 flu, would be distributed in India only through the government machinery as experts have warned that its indiscriminate use can result in the virus developing resistance to the medicine.
Even as global health organisations and the European Union are cautioning people not to panic over the impact of the H1N1 influenza (swine flu), Indian IT majors with centres in Mexico have activated their business continuity plans.
New Delhi: With the deadly swine flu virus constantly evolving, the World Health Organization (WHO) has not ruled out the possibility of increasing its alert level to the highest-possible level 6, which would mean a global pandemic is
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Mexico started afive-day shutdown of most offices and businesses on Friday to try to halt the spread of a deadly flu strain, and officials said they were encouraged by signs the number of new cases was dropping.
With the H1N1 influenza virus (earlier referred to as the swine flu virus) spreading to more countries, the Indian authorities said that by Saturday all international airports in India will come under complete surveillance for screening of suspect cases.
PREVENTIVE measures to tackle the possible threat of swine flu continued on Friday as the Chennai Corporation captured 25 more pigs, taking the total number culled to around 150 in the last three days.
Slowly but surely, the virus commonly known as swine flu continued to spread across the globe Friday, as the number of confirmed cases rose from 257 to 331, the World Health Organization in Geneva reported.
