Swine

An infant died in Assam's Hailakandi district due to swine flu after the relatives accompanying the patients refused treatment at a hospital in the state, officials said on Monday.

In a joint operation, Assam Police and forest department officials today rescued 52 rare birds and animals.

The Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati has successfully transferred the technology to produce the country's first recombinant vaccine against classical swine fever to the biotech firm Bio-Med.

Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot was admitted to Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital here with a fever and low oxygen saturation after he tested positive for COVID-19 and swine flu.

Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday said he has tested positive for COVID-19 and swine flu.

UK public health officials on Monday said they had confirmed a first human case of a swine flu strain similar to one that has been circulating in pigs.

Manipur's Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Department has confirmed the outbreak of African Swine Fever in the state and declared the pig farm of the Central Agriculture University in Imphal West District as "epicentre" of the disease.

An outbreak of African swine flu has been reported in Kanichar village in this north Kerala district, following which the district Collector ordered culling of pigs in two farms there.

A 13-year old boy, who died due to fever in nearby Kuttippuram, was confirmed to have to succumbed to the H1N1 virus, Health authorities said.

African swine fever has been reported from a pig farm in Kerala's Pathanamthitta district, officials said here on Monday.

The Assam government has imposed a ban on the entry of poultry and pigs in the state from other states following the outbreak of Avian Influenza and African Swine Fever in some states of the country.

The administration has culled over 700 pigs amid the African Swine Flu scare in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district in the last two days, a veterinary doctor said.

As many as 85 pigs have died so far and 115 pigs have been identified as being infected from the African Swine Fever in Madhya Pradesh's Katni district, an official said on Monday.

Mumbai has seen 348 cases and three deaths, while these figures are 474 and 14 respectively for neighbouring Thane, an official said. Kolhapur recorded 159 cases and 13 fatalities during this period.

More than 2,000 pigs have died due to African swine fever in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa city in a span of two weeks, following which the administration has issued prohibitory orders, an official said.

An infant died in Assam's Hailakandi district due to swine flu after the relatives accompanying the patients refused treatment at a hospital in the state, officials said on Monday.

In a joint operation, Assam Police and forest department officials today rescued 52 rare birds and animals.

The Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati has successfully transferred the technology to produce the country's first recombinant vaccine against classical swine fever to the biotech firm Bio-Med.

Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot was admitted to Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital here with a fever and low oxygen saturation after he tested positive for COVID-19 and swine flu.

Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday said he has tested positive for COVID-19 and swine flu.

UK public health officials on Monday said they had confirmed a first human case of a swine flu strain similar to one that has been circulating in pigs.

Manipur's Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Department has confirmed the outbreak of African Swine Fever in the state and declared the pig farm of the Central Agriculture University in Imphal West District as "epicentre" of the disease.

An outbreak of African swine flu has been reported in Kanichar village in this north Kerala district, following which the district Collector ordered culling of pigs in two farms there.

A 13-year old boy, who died due to fever in nearby Kuttippuram, was confirmed to have to succumbed to the H1N1 virus, Health authorities said.

African swine fever has been reported from a pig farm in Kerala's Pathanamthitta district, officials said here on Monday.

The Assam government has imposed a ban on the entry of poultry and pigs in the state from other states following the outbreak of Avian Influenza and African Swine Fever in some states of the country.

The administration has culled over 700 pigs amid the African Swine Flu scare in Madhya Pradesh's Damoh district in the last two days, a veterinary doctor said.

As many as 85 pigs have died so far and 115 pigs have been identified as being infected from the African Swine Fever in Madhya Pradesh's Katni district, an official said on Monday.

Mumbai has seen 348 cases and three deaths, while these figures are 474 and 14 respectively for neighbouring Thane, an official said. Kolhapur recorded 159 cases and 13 fatalities during this period.

More than 2,000 pigs have died due to African swine fever in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa city in a span of two weeks, following which the administration has issued prohibitory orders, an official said.