A patient is given a H1N1 swine flu vaccination at the University College London hospital, October 21, 2009.
With two more deaths due to the killer Swine Flu in Delhi in the last five days, the death toll from the virus has gone up to 19 this season in India as it is planning to unveil the first indigenous swine flu vaccine.
The latest Swine Flu death occurred at the Ram Manohar Lohiya (RML) Hospital in Delhi. A 60-year-old man from Karolbagh, who got infected with H1N1 during a trip to Kolkata, succumbed to the disease.
Swine flu situation grave in five states
While seven positive cases were reported from Delhi in the past one week, 330 cases reported across the country.
According to the health ministry, both Maharashtra and Kerala reported eight deaths each while one was reported from Andhra Pradesh.
With 178 confirmed reports Kerala had the highest number of swine flu cases. Maharashtra follows with 91 cases, while Karnataka has 19, Andhra Pradesh 18, and Tamil Nadu 13 H1N1 cases.
Delhi almost swine flu-free, but monsoon could spell trouble
With seven cases in West Bengal, for the first time this week, the infection was also reported from the eastern part of the country.
The numbers of infections are; however, lower than the previous week as 370 cases were reported between June 28 and July 5.
India will soon unveil a second vaccine to battle swine flu that has erupted again, said Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad last week.
The disease has affected more than 15,000 people in the past one year.
Source http://sify.com/news/two-die-of-swine-flu-in-delhi-india-toll-19-news-national-kholMNhehab.html
The latest Swine Flu death occurred at the Ram Manohar Lohiya (RML) Hospital in Delhi. A 60-year-old man from Karolbagh, who got infected with H1N1 during a trip to Kolkata, succumbed to the disease.
Swine flu situation grave in five states
While seven positive cases were reported from Delhi in the past one week, 330 cases reported across the country.
According to the health ministry, both Maharashtra and Kerala reported eight deaths each while one was reported from Andhra Pradesh.
With 178 confirmed reports Kerala had the highest number of swine flu cases. Maharashtra follows with 91 cases, while Karnataka has 19, Andhra Pradesh 18, and Tamil Nadu 13 H1N1 cases.
Delhi almost swine flu-free, but monsoon could spell trouble
With seven cases in West Bengal, for the first time this week, the infection was also reported from the eastern part of the country.
The numbers of infections are; however, lower than the previous week as 370 cases were reported between June 28 and July 5.
India will soon unveil a second vaccine to battle swine flu that has erupted again, said Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad last week.
The disease has affected more than 15,000 people in the past one year.
Source http://sify.com/news/two-die-of-swine-flu-in-delhi-india-toll-19-news-national-kholMNhehab.html
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