H1n1 Influenza Patients

Swine flu is a strain of flu that normally occurs among pigs but has begun spreading among humans. It is termed as swine flu because the virus that first caused the disease had originated from pigs. The death toll due to H1N1 virus has reached around 736 across the country with over 15,121 cases of the viral infection. In 2016, Delhi had reported 1...

The number of deaths due to swine flu has shot up in Kerala because of the unpreparedness of city's medical centers to handle patients infected with the H1N1 virus.

The minister was informed that in all designated hospitals, beds for H1N1 influenza patients have been tripled compared to last year.

Health Minister JP Nadda on Wednesday directed government hospitals to ensure a slew of measures to tackle swine flu (H1N1) including keeping medicines, viral diagnostic kits and N-95 masks.

Health Minister JP Nadda today visited Safdarjung and RML hospitals in Delhi to review the prepardness to deal with swine flu and asked them not to deny treatment to any H1N1 patient.

The outbreak of H1N1 in India in the opening months of the year had a huge socio-economic impact with the expenditure incurred by patients on their treatment being 17 to 62 times of India's monthly per capita income, according to a study.

Swine flu, which has so far claimed 25 lives in Telangana, is also spreading in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, as the state Wednesday reported two deaths and 24 positive cases.

Three persons, including a mother-son duo, have tested positive for swine flu in the national capital, taking the number of H1N1 influenza cases reported in the city to 35 this year.

A swine flu patient died while 40 more people tested positive on Tuesday, taking the toll to 12 and the number of people infected by the Influenza A (H1N1) virus in the national capital to 834, an official said.

A patient suffering from swine flu disease died while 33 others tested positive for the Influenza A (H1N1) virus in Delhi, taking the toll to four and total number of cases to 154 this year.

Swine flu seems to be making a comeback in Andhra Pradesh as one fresh case of H1N1 influenza was reported in the state capital taking the number of infected persons to four so far this year.

H1N1 influenza is causing mild symptoms that go away without medication in most patients, but health care practitioners and doctors should be alert for warning signs of severe cases, says WHO.

Swine flu is a strain of flu that normally occurs among pigs but has begun spreading among humans. It is termed as swine flu because the virus that first caused the disease had originated from pigs. The death toll due to H1N1 virus has reached around 736 across the country with over 15,121 cases of the viral infection. In 2016, Delhi had reported 1...

The number of deaths due to swine flu has shot up in Kerala because of the unpreparedness of city's medical centers to handle patients infected with the H1N1 virus.

The minister was informed that in all designated hospitals, beds for H1N1 influenza patients have been tripled compared to last year.

Health Minister JP Nadda on Wednesday directed government hospitals to ensure a slew of measures to tackle swine flu (H1N1) including keeping medicines, viral diagnostic kits and N-95 masks.

Health Minister JP Nadda today visited Safdarjung and RML hospitals in Delhi to review the prepardness to deal with swine flu and asked them not to deny treatment to any H1N1 patient.

The outbreak of H1N1 in India in the opening months of the year had a huge socio-economic impact with the expenditure incurred by patients on their treatment being 17 to 62 times of India's monthly per capita income, according to a study.

Swine flu, which has so far claimed 25 lives in Telangana, is also spreading in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, as the state Wednesday reported two deaths and 24 positive cases.

Three persons, including a mother-son duo, have tested positive for swine flu in the national capital, taking the number of H1N1 influenza cases reported in the city to 35 this year.

A swine flu patient died while 40 more people tested positive on Tuesday, taking the toll to 12 and the number of people infected by the Influenza A (H1N1) virus in the national capital to 834, an official said.

A patient suffering from swine flu disease died while 33 others tested positive for the Influenza A (H1N1) virus in Delhi, taking the toll to four and total number of cases to 154 this year.

Swine flu seems to be making a comeback in Andhra Pradesh as one fresh case of H1N1 influenza was reported in the state capital taking the number of infected persons to four so far this year.

H1N1 influenza is causing mild symptoms that go away without medication in most patients, but health care practitioners and doctors should be alert for warning signs of severe cases, says WHO.