swine flu asia

2 Malaysian people died of swine flu

2010-04-06T02:47:00.000-07:00

Date: April 06 2010 at 03:13 p.m IST

Two Malaysian women residing in Kuala Lumpur have died of swine flu. Both the women belong to the same family.

A woman and her daughter who was pregnant have died of swine flu. But the baby born to the younger woman is free of the swine flu virus.

Liow Tiong Lai health minister of the country said that 54 year old woman died in the hospital on Wednesday and she had complication of the diabetes. And her daughter who is 29 years old died two days later. When tested for swine flu both of them tested positive but the new born baby was tested negative for swine flu.

He also added that the baby was born after 36 weeks gestation and was in steady condition. But he did not reveal the date when the baby was born.

With the latest deaths the total number of swine flu deaths reaches to 80. And WHO (World Health Organization) said that about 17,500 people have died of swine flu all over the world.

Swine flu toll goes to 1395 in India

2010-03-11T04:17:00.001-08:00

Date: March 11 2010 at 05:39 p.m IST

With three more swine flu death the total toll of the country rises to 1395.

The number of deaths due to swine flu in the country has risen to 1395 with three more swine flu deaths. All the three reports were reported from Gujarat. The toll now in Gujarat has now risen to 299.

The reports from other states are Maharashtra (378), Gujarat (299), Rajasthan (194), Karnataka (148), Delhi (95), Andhra Pradesh (52), Punjab (40), Haryana (38), Kerala (37), Madhya Pradesh (26) and Uttar Pradesh (19).

Laboratory confirmed cases have also risen to 29,837 after 33 laboratory confirmed cases recorded all over the country. Maharashtra has alone reported 22 fresh case of swine flu.

Commercial use of home grown swine flu vaccine by April-May

2010-03-11T04:11:00.000-08:00

Date: March 11 2010 at 05:31 p.m IST

“Fluvac” swine flu vaccine made by the Pune based serum India has been expected to be out for the commercial use between the months of May to June 2010.

From the regulators the company has caught a proceeding signal to run the phase II/III clinical trials which has been considered very vital in the introduction of drugs in the market.

After Ahmedabad based Zydus Cadila, serum is the second company to enter the phase II/III. The company has started his clinical trials at different locations in the country on more than 200 subjects. The company has planned to prepare the drugs in the form of injections and nasal spray.

The drug will be first tested in the four major cities after it has been released. The price of the drug is estimated to be around Rs. 150 to Rs. 200 which is half the price of the global average.

1332 swine flu deaths in India

2010-02-21T22:29:00.000-08:00

Date: February 22 2010 at 11:56 a.m IST

Two more people have died of swine flu taking the total number of deaths in the country to 1332. The official statement said today.

An official statement said that two more people have died of swine flu. With this the total number of deaths in the country rises to 1332.

The deaths were reported from Maharashtra and Haryana.

with the total swine flu deaths in the country Maharashtra has reported 351, Gujarat has reported 276, Rajasthan has reported 186, Karnataka has reported 146, Delhi has reported 95, Andhra Pradesh has reported 52, Punjab has reported 39, Haryana has reported 38, Kerala has reported 37, Madhya Pradesh has reported 25, Uttar Pradesh has reported 19, Uttarakhand has reported 13, Chattisgarh has reported 10, Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh has reported 8 deaths each, Tamil Nadu has reported 7, Puducherry has reported 6, Goa with 5, Jammu and Kashmir with 4, Orissa with 3, Assam with 2, Mizoram with 1, Dadra and Nagar with 1 and Haveli with 1.

Eight fresh case of swine flu was reported in the country. The new cases were from Karnataka (6), Gujarat (1), and Rajasthan (1).

With the new 8 laboratory confirmed cases of swine flu the total number of infected people have raised to 29,490.

Child dies after H1N1 vaccine

2010-02-08T04:21:00.000-08:00

Date: February 08 2010 at 05:30 p.m IST

A mother lost her child in Chumphon’s Lang Suan District of Thailand. The mother feels that the death of her child is related to the National vaccination for swine flu.

A woman who belongs to Thailand submitted a complaint to the local police authorities after the death of her child. She has stated in the complaint that her child’s death might be related to the swine flu vaccination. At present the ministry of public health is investigating the case and the result is expected to be revealed next week.

The father of the six months old baby said that he and his wife were really shocked by losing their child. The father added that the child died nearly from trauma. The child was reported to be healthy and did not have any signs for any disease or birth related problems. Within the last month there have been several other instances but health ministry of Thailand said that there is no link between the vaccinations and the deaths.

The other case was a fetal death which happened five days after when the mother receiver the vaccination in which the unborn baby has a brain haemorrhage. Another one was in the southern province of satun but it is whispered that the she might have lost the baby due to smoking marijuana.

Bac Kan attacked by new swine flu outbreak

2010-02-05T01:44:00.000-08:00

Date: February 05 2010 at 03:20 p.m IST

A new wave of swine flu hits the Northern Province of Bac Kan, Health Officials.

Preventive Health and Environment Department says that 18 people have been infected by the H1N1 virus. The affected peoples are showing symptoms like high fever, cough, sore throat, and pains in muscles and joins. The department further added.

This information was announced by Dr. Nga in a meeting that was held for the National Steering Board for Human Flu Prevention on February 3, 2010 in Hanoi.

The reported further added that earlier in January 27, 2010 school students in Dong Xa have been infected by the illness.

Dr. Nga said that this epidemic is quite complicated and so he has asked the health ministry to order the medical clinics to improve their H1N1 monitoring cases to the strongest possible.

Hospitals also have been asked to take the necessary steps to monitor the flu’s.

They have also planned to limit the flow of visitors from the affected regions in order to detect the swine flu cases quickly.

Doctors and paramedics to be vaccinated

2010-02-01T01:30:00.000-08:00

Date: February 01 2010 at 03:10 p.m IST

8 year old girl death in pune on Friday has sprinkled the fears in the mind of many doctors and paramedics who had refused to get vaccinated assuming that H1N1 virus has lost its potential.

Doctors who had refused to get vaccinated against the H1N1 virus have now given their consent for vaccination with the death of an 8 year old girl.

5000 doctors and paramedics are ready to be get vaccinated when the flu shots arrives next week. More doctors have come forward looking for the vaccine said the Additional Chief Secretary Sharvaree Gokhale.

Senior officer of the state government said that all the doctors and paramedics were given a form asking where they want get the swine flu vaccine. Following girl’s death many doctors have come forward to rework their forms. The final count says that only 100 doctors have said no to the swine flu vaccine.

Pune Sassoon General Hospital Dean Dr. Arun Jamkar said that there was a talk about the adverse effects of the swine flu vaccine the doctors were right in taking it. He said that according to me the virus keeps on changing its anti-genecity and hence the efficacy of the vaccine would be variable. The latest trend suggests that there might be at least one or two deaths related to swine flu every month. So it would be wise decision to get the swine flu shots. He further added that about 90% of the doctors who have attended the swine flu cases have decided to get the flu shots.

Seven deaths toll goes to 1221

2010-02-01T01:23:00.000-08:00

Date: February 01 2010 at 02:55 p.m IST

Yesterday previous seven deaths were tested positive for swine flu. The total death number goes to 1221. No death recorded yesterday - The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Seven deaths which occurred previously was tested positive for the H1N1 virus. With these 7 deaths the total number of deaths in the country goes to 1221. The Union Ministry of health and family welfare further said that no deaths were reported yesterday.

The seven deaths were reported from three different states. Gujarat confirmed four deaths while Maharashtra with two and Madhya Pradesh with one.

With the last two deaths Maharashtra has reported 315 deaths the highest in the country. the other states report are Gujarat with 230, Rajasthan with 176, Karnataka with 141 Delhi with 93, Andhra Pradesh with 52, Punjab with 38, Kerala with 36, Haryana with 36, Madhya Pradesh with 22, Uttar Pradesh with 18, and Uttarakhand with 13.
And 13 fresh cases of swine flu infection were reported all over the country. With these 13 cases the total number of the laboratory confirmed cases goes to 28,775. The new cases were reported by Gujarat (8), Rajasthan (2), Karnataka (1), Orissa (1), and Uttar Pradesh (1).

2 swine flu deaths in Jammu and Kashmir

2010-01-27T03:22:00.000-08:00

Date: January 27 2010 at 04:40 p.m IST

Yesterday two more swine flu deaths were recorded in Jammu and Kashmir. The total death rise to 1,196 in the country.

The total death toll in the country rises to 1,196 with two more deaths due to swine flu. The deaths were reported in Jammu and Kashmir yesterday. The deaths recorded were earlier ones and they have been confirmed swine flu infection yesterday by the health officials. On the other no new case of swine flu death recorded in the country during the day.

The total number of deaths in the states is as follows. 311 in Maharashtra, 217 in Gujarat, 175 in Rajasthan, 141 in Karnataka, 92 in Delhi, 52 in Andhra Pradesh, 38 in Punjab, 36 in Kerala, 33 in Haryana, 20 in Madhya Pradesh, 18 in Uttar Pradesh, 13 in Uttarakhand, 8 each in Chandigarh and Himachal Pradesh, 7 in Tamil Nadu, 6 in from Chhattisgarh and Puducherry, 5 in Goa, 4 in Jammu and Kashmir, 3 in Orissa, 2 in Assam and 1 in Mizoram.

In addition the health officials said that 15 fresh cases of swine flu infection were recorded in the country from different states. The cases were from 9 in Gujarat, 5 in Karnataka, and 1 in Delhi. So the total number of swine flu affected cases in the country rises to 28,611.

Bangkok two swine flu deaths

2010-01-20T01:49:00.000-08:00

Date: January 20 2010 at 04:10 p.m IST

Two people died of swine flu last week. The total death rate goes to 198, said the Director General.

Manit Theeratantikarn director general of the disease control department said that two people have died last week because of swine flu taking the total toll of the country to 198 since the national pandemic opened last year April.

The two victims were a 37 year old woman and an 82 year old man.

He further added that from January 11 to January 15 more than 15,011 people from 56 provinces have received the flu shots. Of the total people 11,189 were healthy people, 1,971 were pregnant women, 107 were with obesity, 1,705 were sick persons, and 84 were disabled. Of all, only eight people have reported side effects after receiving the flu vaccine.

5 more deaths toll goes to 1119

2010-01-19T02:44:00.000-08:00

Date: January 19 2010 at 04:15 p.m IST

5 more deaths due to swine flu. Total toll goes to 1119 an official statement said today.

An official statement said that five more people have died of swine flu in the country. With these the total number of deaths goes to 1119.

The victims were from Madhya Pradesh (3) and Gujarat (2).

And 23 fresh cases of swine flu were reported in the country. With these the total number of laboratory confirmed cases of swine flu infection goes to 28,195.

The statement further added that so far Maharashtra has accounted 300 deaths while Gujarat with 176 deaths. The other include Rajasthan with 170, Karnataka with 137, Delhi with 89, Andhra Pradesh with 52, Punjab with 37, Kerala with 34, Haryana with 33, Uttar Pradesh with 17, Madhya Pradesh with 17, Uttarakhand with 13, Chandigarh with 8, Himachal Pradesh with 8, Tamil Nadu with 7, Puducherry with 6, Goa with 5, Orissa with 3, Assam with 2, Jammu & Kashmir with 2, Chhattisgarh with 2, and Mizoram with 1.

Deaths due to swine flu reach to 1,070

2010-01-12T04:01:00.000-08:00

Date: January 12 2010 at 05:34 p.m IST

9 swine flu deaths on Monday. The country toll goes to 1,070. The health authorities said.

The health authorities said that 9 people have died of swine flu virus on Monday. With this the country toll rises to 1,070.

At the same time 83 fresh cases of swine flu were reported from all over the country. Thus the total number of infected people rises to 27,795.

Of the 9 deaths two deaths were reported from the national capital Delhi and four were reported from Rajasthan. The deaths occurred earlier but were confirmed on Monday while one person died on Monday due to swine flu.

The other deaths were reported from Assam, Punjab, and Madhya Pradesh.

Deputy nodal officer Anjana Prakash said that with the two deaths the Delhi’s Swine flu death goes up to 87. The latest two victims are a 41 year old man and 36 year old woman. He further said that both of the victims were admitted in the hospital with sever lung infections and then diagnosed with the swine flu infection.

And on Monday the city reported6 new cases of swine flu taking the cumulative total of the city to 9,562. About 50 % of the infected where the children Delhi.

Other cities that reported the new cases of swine flu were Maharashtra (20), Rajasthan (14), Gujarat (13), Punjab (7), and Haryana (3).

Two more deaths due to swine flu

2010-01-04T02:48:00.000-08:00

Date: January 04 2010 at 04:23 p.m IST

One each in Ahmedabad and Jamnagar died of swine flu virus on Sunday.

On last Sunday two more people have died of swine flu. The victims were a 25 year old Usha Rana and 28 year old Anamika Hkare.

Usha Rana was admitted at the civil hospital in Ahmedabad after she succumbed the H1N1 virus.

Both the victims were treated seriously after they confirmed the infection of the swine flu. With these two deaths the total number of deaths in the state rises to 120.

At the same time 24 new cases of swine flu infection were reported on Sunday. The cases were reported Ahmedabad (8), Rajkot (6), other cases were reported from Amreli, Jamnagar, Vadodara, and Junagadh.

Nepal’s first swine flu death

2009-12-27T23:08:00.000-08:00

Date: November 28 2009 at 12:30 p.m IST

Nepal confirmed its first swine flu death on Sunday - The health officials.

Health officials have confirmed that one person in Nepal have died of swine flu on Sunday.

The victim was a 30 year old woman whose identity has been kept secret. The women died last week when she was undergoing treatment at Bir Hospital. The woman was admitted in the hospital for other medical illness and later she was diagnosed for swine flu. Then the hospital authorities isolated her from the other patients and gave her special attention at the intensive care unit.

Official said that they will uncover the current status of the swine flu in the state on Sunday but they have postponed it and are expected to be on Monday or Tuesday.

Till now Nepal has confirmed 150 cases of swine flu.

New moms high risk for swine flu

2009-12-24T23:52:00.000-08:00

Date: November 25 2009 at 01:00 p.m IST

Recent study said new moms are at a high risk for swine flu infection.

According to the latest study not only the pregnant women are at a danger for swine flu new moms are also at a high risk. The study about the pregnant women and new moms who were hospitalized stated that the women had babies in the past two weeks are at high risk group for swine flu infection.

The report about the study was published yesterday December 23 2009 highlighted that the high risk group people are those immediately after pregnancy. The study was done on 94 pregnant women and 8 new mothers. All these women’s were hospitalized with the swine flu symptoms during the first three to four months of the pandemic and well before the vaccines were announced for the national outbreak.

Of all the women hospitalized total about 22 women including 18 pregnant women and 4 new moms were isolated from the intensive care units. And 8 women and 2 new moms died. The died women’s did have any history of about have taken the medicine or flu drugs.

The above study was done by California Department of Public Health.

Chandigarh reports 9 fresh swine flu cases

2009-12-21T03:13:00.000-08:00

Date: November 21 2009 at 05:00 p.m IST

Health officials said today that nine new cases of swine flu were reported in Chandigarh.

Health officials of the city said that Chandigarh has 9 fresh cases of swine flu. The hospital authorities have collected the throat and nasal swab samples of these patients on Sunday. The result came today have confirmed their infection.

Doctors are keeping close tab on the patients. Of these nine cases four people belongs to Chandigarh, one to Punjab and two peoples from Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.

The hospital authorities have collected the samples from eight more people and their results are expected by today evening.

The health department of Chandigarh has declared that the doctors can prescribe Tamilflu tablets to the patients based on their health condition since there is an increase in the number of swine flu cases.

Till now in the city hospital 280 cases of swine flu have been reported and 34 deaths due to H1N1 virus.

Kashmir meets its fist swine flu death the national toll raises to 699

2009-12-15T00:46:00.000-08:00

Date: November 15 2009 at 02:20 p.m IST

Jammu and Kashmir meets its first swine flu death. Three more deaths recorded. The national toll rises to 699.

On Sunday India faced four more deaths taking the total number of death due to swine flu to 699. Kashmir met its first swine flu death. The health officials said.

Muskan a Tullamullan region woman was the first victim to die of swine flu in Kashmir and she was the first person to be tested positive for swine flu infection.

On December 1st 2009 the woman was admitted in the soura medical institute with acute respiratory pain. She was admitted in the intensive care unit. The condition of the woman remained serious and she died on late Saturday. When the test samples send to Delhi came it showed that the woman was tested positive for swine flu infection.

Other three deaths were reported from Maharashtra, Gujarat, and Karnataka.

Till now Maharashtra remains the worst hit state in the country with 240 deaths. While, Gujarat has reported 57 and Rajasthan with 94 deaths.

And Karnataka is the second worst hit state with 123 deaths in the country.

And 175 new cases of swine flu infection were reported across the country on Sunday. The new cases were reported from Delhi (95), Rajasthan (22), Haryana (15), Karnataka (14), and Uttar Pradesh (16).

Five more swine flu deaths in Delhi

2009-12-07T23:02:00.000-08:00

Date: November 08 2009 at 12:25 p.m IST

Indian health ministry reported five swine flu deaths in Delhi. India toll goes to 632. 198 new swine flu cases.

India swine flu death rises to 632 with five more death in Delhi. The health ministry of India reported the deaths on Monday.

First the Delhi government only added four deaths to the list later they said one more have died of swine flu last Sunday in Guru Teg Bahadur hospital.

The victim was a resident of Uttar Pradesh. So the assistant nodal officer said that they are not adding this death in their cumulative total.

In the four deaths there was a 9 month old baby and a 52 year old man. The baby died in St Stephens Hospital and the man died in Mata Chanan Devi Hospital. And the other two deaths were reported from Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital.

So with these four deaths the cumulative total of the country rises to 34.
Delhi alone reported 198 new swine flu cases on late Monday. With the cumulative total for the number of infections rise to 6,171.

Though there was no record for new swine flu infection in the other states the health ministry reported 315 new cases of swine flu. Excluding Delhi Haryana reported 39 cases and Uttar Pradesh reported 30 cases.

In the 315 new cases of swine flu four people seems to have the history of foreign travel and the rest have captured the virus from their native.

Till now more than 20,000 people have affected in India for the national outbreak swine flu.

12 more deaths increasing the toll to 591

2009-12-04T00:14:00.000-08:00

Date: November 04 2009 at 01:48 p.m IST

12 people have died of swine flu taking the toll of the country 591. The deaths were reported from different states of the country.

An official statement that was released said that 12 more people have fallen prey to swine flu. With these deaths the toll of the country rises to 591.

The deaths were reported from Delhi (3), Rajasthan (2), Maharashtra (1), and Karnataka (3).

147 new cases of swine flu were reported from all parts of the country. The states include Rajastathan (43), Delhi (38), Uttar Pradesh (20), Karnataka (15), Maharashtra (15), Haryana (8), Tamil Nadu (3), Gujarat (3), kerala (1) and Puducherry (1).

The total number of deaths due to swine flu all over the country is Maharashtra (226), Karnataka (123) , Andhra Pradesh (50), Rajasthan (49), Gujarat (46), Kerala (26), Delhi (25), Haryana (9), Tamil Nadu (7), Puducherry (6), Goa (5), Uttarakhand (5), Punjab (4), Uttar Pradesh (3), Orissa (3), Chhattisgarh (1), Himachal Pradesh (1), Madhya Pradesh (1), and Mizoram (1).

And the laboratory confirmed cases for the H1N1 virus rise to 18,543.

Rapid increase in swine flu deaths and fresh cases

2009-11-30T01:21:00.000-08:00

Date: November 30 2009 at 03:00 p.m IST

In India 10 people died of swine flu all over the country. The toll of the country reaches 553. 200 fresh cases reported from different parts of the country.

India: From all over the country 10 people have died of swine flu taking the toll of the country to 553. The deaths were reported from Maharashtra (4), Rajasthan (3) and one from each Karnataka and Gujarat.

With these deaths the death in Maharashtra rises to 219 the highest in the country. Following Maharashtra Karnataka reports 120 deaths, Andhra Pradesh with 50, Gujarat with 46, Rajasthan with 33, goa and uttarakhand with 5, Uttar Pradesh with 3, orissa and Punjab with 2 and chattisgarh, himachal Pradesh and mizoram with one each.

The country records 200 new cases of swine flu. The infections were reported from Kerala (44), Haryana (44), Delhi (42), Rajasthan (36), Uttar Pradesh (13), Karnataka (8), puducherry (6), Chandigarh (3), Gujarat (2), Punjab (1), and uttarakhand (1).

With this laboratory confirmed cases the total number of infection in the country goes to 16,540.

Maldives first swine flu death

2009-11-19T21:09:00.000-08:00

Date: November 20 2009 at 10:37 a.m IST

65 year old man died yesterday after contracting the swine flu virus. He has no recent history of traveling aboard or contact with an infected person.

An official from the community and health and disease centre said that a 65 year old man has died of swine flu yesterday. The old man has no history traveling aboard recently or having any contact with the infected peoples.

The authorities said that the man has contracted the virus in the Maldives and this is the first case of local transmission.

The man first went to Ungoofaru Regional Hospital when he started to have flu like symptoms. After the treatment when his health condition was improved he was send to home.

The next day his health condition became worse so he was taken to Ungoofaru Regional Hospital were his blood samples was tested. The reports said that he was infected by the H1N1 virus.

The health center is now busying checking and identifying the peoples who have come in contact with the person.

Three more deaths taking the toll to 524

2009-11-16T01:51:00.000-08:00

Date: November 16 2009 at 03:21 p.m IST

Sunday three people died of swine flu. Country toll rises to 524. 161 fresh cases of swine flu also detected. Total number of infected cases goes to 15, 424.

Health department officials of the country said that three more people have died of swine flu on Sunday taking the toll of the country to 524.

From the three deaths two was reported from Maharashtra and one was reported from kerala. Maharashtra death goes to 213 the highest in the country.

And 161 fresh cases of swine flu cases were also reported in the country. With these fresh cases the total number of infected cases rises to 15, 424. The fresh cases were reported from Rajasthan (96) and Delhi (26).

The country detected its first swine flu death on May 16 2009 and its first swine flu death was recorded on August 3 2009. Till now the country has tested samples from 79,272 people out of which 15,424 people have been tested positive for the virus.

3rd district in Nepal got swine flu virus

2009-11-09T02:55:00.000-08:00

Date: November 09 2009 at 04:27 p.m IST

Myagdi district in Nepal was attacked by the swine flu virus. This is the third district in Nepal affected by H1N1 virus. Hundreds of people rushed to the hospital and schools were closed for three days.

School students and security forces were detected of swine flu virus in them hence hundreds of people rushed to hospitals and the schools were closed for three days in a third district in western Nepal.

The virus was detected in Myagdi district which is adjacent to Baglung and Parbat. Samples were collected from 12 people who came with the symptoms of swine flu. The sudden fear rose after the military schools and army camp have reported positive for the swine flu.

As an immediate step government has send a group of doctors to prevent the people from swine flu.

The government has rushed a team of doctors to the district while schools have been closed to contain the spread of the disease.

After 9 people infection of swine flu in parbat the neighboring Baglung district has also the asked the schools to shut down.

Till now Iraq reported 7 H1N1 deaths

2009-11-06T02:37:00.000-08:00

Date: November 06 2009 at 04:07 p.m IST

Health ministry department of Iraq said that to date Iraq has faced 7 swine flu deaths since the first case suspected in early May this year...

The report from the health ministry department says that till now 7 people have died of swine flu. This pandemic outbreak has been suspected in Iraq in the early May this year.

Spokesman of the country said that the country has faced 475 swine flu cases and 7 deaths. The deaths were reported from Baghdad (5), Basra (1) and one in the holy city of Al-Najaf.

He also said that Iraq has ordered four million doses of swine flu and they are expecting their fist shipment of 350,000 does within a few days. And the government has collected $160 million to purchase the flu vaccines. The report also said that compared to the neighboring regions Iraq has low swine flu infected cases and deaths.

India's toll rises to 463 with one death in Maharashtra

2009-10-30T22:36:00.000-07:00

Date: October 31 2009 at 11:10 a.m IST

One person died of swine flu virus taking India's death rate to 463. And the country had recorded 75 fresh cases of swine flu. With these the number of swine flu cases rises to 13,722.

On Thursday one more person died of swine flu taking the toll of the country to 463. And 75 fresh cases were reported all around the country. With these fresh new cases the total number of infected person goes to 13,722.
And 75 new cases were reported across the country.

Around 72,483 people samples were tested for swine flu infection from those tested about 18.9% of them have been tested positive for the virus.

The fresh cases were reported from Kerala, Delhi and Maharashtra.