NEW DELHI: Since the Capital witnesses a high influx of foreign tourists, doctors in the city have demanded a ready stock of anti-flu medicines in the wake of the swine influenza outbreak in many parts of the world.
Close to a thousand passengers were screened at the Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) here on Wednesday, following the outbreak of the deadly swine flu in Mexico, USA and parts of Europe.
April 29: Andhra Pradesh has the third largest pig population in the country but there are no fears of an immediate outbreak of swine flu here since the virus is not known to survive in temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius. For a change we can thank the summer heat.
A universal drug to work against all strains of flu virus influenza vaccine makers are often flummoxed by the changing nature of the virus. The makers need to keep producing new vaccines because the virus keeps mutating into new strains. World Health Organisation estimates that about 250,000 people die from influenza every year. A team of researchers tried to rework the basics of the
Beijing: Countries like India that have low pork consumption and less pig breeding are as vulnerable to swine fever as countries where pork is widely consumed, an official of the WHO said in Beijing.
NEW DELHI: The Food and Agriculture Organisation is mobilising its teams of experts to help ascertain if the new strain of swine influenza H1N1 virus, which has killed many people in Mexico, had a direct connection to pigs.
MADRID/ Washington: Spain on Monday became the first nation outside North America to confirm a case of swine flu, and the European Union Health Commissioner urged Europeans to postpone nonessential travel to the United States and Mexico.
The outbreak of swine flu has come to haunt the world already facing the blows of a slowing economy, pushing back any chance of a recovery in the near future. Commodities across the world are facing the impact of the outbreak.
Soybean, corn and wheat prices fell on speculation that the outbreak will curb demand for livestock feed and pork.
