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  • Karnataka swine flu toll rises to 73
    Bangalore: With two new swine flu deaths being reported, the death toll due to the H1N1 virus in Karnataka has reached 73, a health official said here today.

    While one patient died in....
  • Karnataka swine flu toll rises to 69
    Bangalore: With three new swine flu deaths being reported from Karnataka, the death toll due to the H1N1 virus in the state reached 69, a health official said here today.

    All three vi....
  • Hospitals let swine flu victims die
    Hyderabad: Even after the disease has claimed many lives in the city, hospital authorities in Andhra Pradesh are unaffected by the rising toll of swine flu deaths. No stern action towards swine....
  • Karnataka swine flu toll rises to 64
    Bangalore: With two new swine flu deaths reported from Karnataka, the death toll due to the H1N1 virus in the state has reached 64, a health official said here today.

    While one patien....
  • One more dies of swine flu in Hyderabad, toll mounts to eight
    Hyderabad: One more person died of influenza A (H1N1) today, taking the death toll to eight since the outbreak of swine flu in Hyderabad.

    A woman, who was undergoing treatment at a pr....
  • Seven more swine flu deaths take India's toll to 161
    New Delhi: Seven deaths due to swine flu, including six in Karnataka, were reported today, taking the total toll in India from the Influenza A(H1N1) virus to 161, health authorities said here. ....
  • Karnataka swine flu toll rises to 47
    Bangalore: With three new swine flu deaths being reported in Karnataka, the death toll due to the H1N1 virus in the state reached 47, a health official said here today.

    A five-year-ol....
  • Seven more swine flu deaths, India's toll 145
    New Delhi: Seven people, including two each in Maharashtra, Kerala and Karnataka, died due to swine flu today, taking India's toll to 145, health authorities said here.

    With the t....
  • Two swine flu patients critical in Delhi hospital
    New Delhi: Two swine flu patients -- a 12-year-old girl and a 69-year-old man -- are critical and are on ventilator at a Delhi hospital, doctors said today.

    "Both of them are in v....
  • Swine flu mars Teachers Day celebrations in Lucknow
    Lucknow: Schools and colleges here wore a deserted look on Teachers Day today, following the district administration's order to suspend group gatherings in educational institutions to preve....
  • Karnataka won't identify swine flu victims any more
    Bangalore: After 40 people died of swine flu in Karnataka, the health department of the state has devised a new "formula" to avert panic.

    From now, the department will not div....
  • India's swine flu deaths jump to 116
    New Delhi/Bangalore: Five people died of swine flu in India on Friday, taking the toll due to influenza A (H1N1) virus to 116, health authorities said here.

    While four deaths were rep....
  • Swine flu victims came from Karnataka: Goa
    Panaji: After two people died of swine flu in Goa, the health department here said today that the patients were "imported" from Karnataka.

    A 31-year-old man from Ankola in Kar....
  • Karnataka reports three more swine flu deaths
    Bangalore: Three more swine flu deaths were reported from Karnataka, taking the toll due to the H1N1 virus to 31 in the state, health officials said today.

    Test reports of three more ....
  • 4 more test positive for swine flu in Chhattisgarh
    Raipur: Four people, including an eight-year-old girl, today tested positive for swine flu, taking the total number of influenza A (H1N1) cases in the state to eight, a health official said. <....
  • Bangalore techie dies of swine flu
    Bangalore: A 31-year-old software engineer died of influenza A (H1N1) here, taking the toll from the virus to 28 in Karnataka, an official said today.

    The software engineer, a native ....
  • Swine flu cases cross 100 mark in UP
    Lucknow: The swine flu count in Uttar Pradesh crossed the 100 mark, following detection of 11 fresh cases here, an official said on Monday.

    The total number of swine flu cases now sta....
  • Asian countries to meet over swine flu next month
    New Delhi: Health ministers from 11 Asian countries, including India, and World Health Organisation (WHO) experts are set to meet in Nepal in September to discuss swine flu preparedness with ap....
  • B'loreans learning to 'live' with H1N1 virus
    Bangalore: It is not hard to find mask-wearing children in Bangalore heading to schools or young women holding their handkerchiefs and dupattas tight on their face. These are just the very "....
  • 3 new swine flu cases in Chandigarh
    Chandigarh: Three new swine flu cases -- an NRI and two teenage boys -- have been reported here, taking the number of people infected with the H1N1 virus in this city to 15, health officials sa....
  • IT hub Bangalore pushing up swine flu toll
    Bangalore: Most swine flu deaths in Karnataka - where the casualty figures are second only to that of Maharashtra - have taken place in Bangalore, and experts say one reason could be the number....
  • Woman dies of swine flu, Kerala toll two
    Thiruvananthapuram: A 44-year-old woman has died of swine flu in Kerala, taking the death toll in the state to two, an official said on Friday.

    Nodal officer Amar S. Fettle told media....
  • Five more swine flu deaths, India's toll 83
    New Delhi: Five more swine flu deaths were reported on Friday in India, taking the toll from the H1N1 virus to 83, health officials said. Three patients died in Karnataka and one each in Mahara....
  • 10 fresh cases take UP swine flu count to 79
    Lucknow: The detection of 10 new swine flu cases in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday and today has taken the total number of cases in the state to 79, an official said.

    Of the new cases, sev....
  • Swine herders shunned in Orissa villages
    Bhubaneswar: Ever since the outbreak of swine flu gripped the country, swine herders in Orissa have been ostracized and even been asked to leave their villages and relocate permanently.

  • Bangaloreans devise new tools to fight swine flu
    Bangalore: Right from launching a web site dedicated to informing people about swine flu to screening children at schools, Bangaloreans seem to be taking no chances, as fatalities due to the in....
  • Mumbaikar succumbs to swine flu, city toll 7
    Mumbai: Mumbai recorded its seventh H1N1 casualty today with a 28-year-old businessman dying at the private Hiranandani Hospital here, according to an official.

    The victim, Sandeep Ga....
  • Nepal village evicts Pune worker over swine flu fear
    Kathmandu: An ailing man who returned home in far western Nepal after falling ill in India's Pune city has been thrown out of his village due to mistaken fears that he had contracted swine ....
  • Delhi allows three private labs to make swine flu tests
    New Delhi: The Delhi government today approved of three private pathological laboratories in the city for testing samples for the swine flu virus, said Delhi Health Minister Kiran Walia here to....
  • Man dies, swine flu toll is 15 in Karnataka
    Bangalore: A 28-year-old man died of influenza A (H1N1) here, taking the toll from the virus to 15 in Karnataka, an official said today.

    Siddaraju died at the Rajiv Gandhi Institute o....
  • Swine flu claims its third victim in Delhi
    New Delhi: The national capital recorded its third death due to swine flu today when a 44-year-old woman succumbed to the H1N1 virus, health authorities said here.

    According to N.K. C....
  • Seventh swine flu death in Gujarat
    Rajkot: A 52-year-old man died of influenza A(H1N1) in this Gujarat city on Monday, becoming the seventh victim of swine flu in the state, officials said.

    Rajesh Ughad died on Monday ....
  • Two more swine flu cases in Chandigarh
    Chandigarh: Two more people tested positive for swine flu on Sunday, taking the total of infected people in the union territory to 10, officials said.

    According to the health official....
  • 13th swine flu death in Karnataka, 50 yr old woman latest victim
    Bangalore: Swine flu claimed another victim as a 50-year-old woman died of swine flu on Sunday in Bangalore. According to the official sources, this led to total swine flu death in Karnataka t....
  • Six more swine flu deaths in India take tally to 60
    New Delhi: Six more swine flu deaths were reported in India, taking the number of deaths from influenza A (H1N1) to 60, the health ministry said here on Sunday. While five deaths were reported ....
  • 10 days on, Bihar awaits H1N1 test results
    New Delhi: At least 10 days after Bihar sent seven swine flu samples to Delhi for testing, the state government is still awaiting the results - exposing the central government's claim that ....
  • Swine flu claims sixth victim in Gujarat
    Vadodara: A 48-year-old man died of Influenza A(H1N1) in this Gujarat city today, becoming the sixth victim of swine flu in the state, officials said.

    Hasmukh Hingu, a resident of Bha....
  • Swine flu patient recovers by time test results come
    Bhopal: A suspected swine flu patient in Madhya Pradesh's Indore city had recovered on his own by the time his sample report, indicating he had tested positive, was received from New Delhi,....
  • Suspected swine flu death in Delhi
    New Delhi: A 48-year-old man, suspected to be suffering from influenza A (H1N1) virus, has died at the Ram Manohar Lohia hospital in national capital, an official said today.

    The man,....
  • Six more swine flu deaths in India, toll jumps to 54
    New Delhi: Six more swine flu deaths were reported in India, taking the death toll due to the H1N1 virus to 54, the union health ministry said here on Saturday. While four deaths were reported ....
  • First suspected swine flu death in Goa
    Panaji: The Goa government is unsure about invoking the Epidemic Act to check the spread of swine flu, Health Minister Vishwajeet Rane said today, hours after authorities admitted that a 67-yea....
  • 12 more swine flu deaths take India's toll to 48
    New Delhi: Twelve more swine flu deaths were confirmed in India on Friday, taking the total number of deaths from the H1N1 virus to 48, the union health ministry said here. The maximum deaths h....
  • 2 more swine flu cases detected in Lucknow
    Lucknow: Two kin of employees of the city's Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) have tested positive for swine flu. Health authorities are worried as the vir....
  • Swine flu test mandatory for Haj pilgrims from Guj
    Ahmedabad: The Gujarat State Haj Committee has made it mandatory for pilgrims from the state to produce medical certificates that they are not suffering from either seasonal or swine flu before....
  • Goa reports suspected swine flu death
    Panaji: In the first case of its kind in the state, Goa today reported a suspected swine flu death when a 67-year-old with influenza H1N1 symptoms died, health department officials said.

  • Indian becomes UAE's first swine flu victim
    Abu Dhabi: A 63-year-old Indian man has died of swine flu in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), making him the first victim to succumb to the viral disease in the country, a news agency reported o....
  • West Bengal not ready to tackle swine flu: Minister
    New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Dinesh Trivedi today said West Bengal is not ready to tackle the spread of swine flu and remarked that the state's hospitals....
  • Runaway swine flu patient dies in Chennai
    Chennai: A 47-year-old Chennai resident - who ran away from a government hospital with swine flu symptoms but was readmitted later - died on Thursday night, becoming the second victim of the H1....
  • Irate Azad hits out at 'bloody' state governments
    New Delhi: Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today hit out at "bloody" state governments for not doing enough to contain the spread of the H1N1 virus, leading incensed state minist....
  • State ministers get a dose of Azad's anger
    New Delhi: Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today lost his cool and hit out at "bloody" state health ministers for not doing enough to contain the spread of the H1N1 virus in Indi....
  • Fourth swine flu death in Gujarat
    Ahmedabad: A 35-year-old man died of swine flu in the civil hospital here on Thursday, taking the toll due to the viral disease to four in Gujarat, an official said.

    Chetan Pratapbhai....
  • Three more swine flu cases in West Bengal, total 64
    Kolkata: Three more people tested positive for swine flu in West Bengal today, taking the total number of affected cases in the state to 64, health officials said.

    "Today (Thursda....
  • Chhattisgarh confirms first swine flu death
    Raipur: Chhattisgarh recorded its first swine flu death today after health officials confirmed the sample of a para-military trooper who died last week had tested positive for the virus.

  • Two swine flu deaths in Delhi
    New Delhi: The national capital has recorded its first swine flu deaths with a 31-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman succumbing to the viral infection, hospital authorities said today.

  • Campaign launched in northeast to allay swine flu fears
    Agartala/Shillong/Aizawl: With swine flu creating panic among the people, the authorities in Tripura, Meghalaya and Mizoram have taken up a major publicity campaign to dispel fear on the fast s....
  • Swine flu masks sell like hot cakes in MP
    Bhopal: Swine flu masks have been selling like hot cakes in Madhya Pradesh though there has not been a single positive case in the state so far. While many shops have no stock, others are selli....
  • Pune reports two more swine flu deaths
    Pune: Two more people have died of swine flu in private hospitals in Pune on Wednesday, a top health official said.

    Vijay Avghade, 52, died at the KEM hospital and Narendra Deshpande,....
  • Government revises swine flu toll to 28
    New Delhi: After days of denial, the central government today revised the number of swine flu deaths to 28 from 25 though no fresh deaths were reported. The country also reported 216 new cases ....
  • Gujarat issues H1N1 advisory to doctors, nursing staff
    Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government has advised all doctors and nursing staff attending to swine flu patients in government and private hospitals to follow protective measures, like wearing mas....
  • One more swine flu case in Orissa, tally three
    Bhubaneswar: One more case of swine flu was reported in Orissa today taking the number of influenza A (H1N1) patients in the state to three, state Health Minister Prasanna Acharya said.

  • Guidelines framed for private hospitals to treat H1N1 cases
    New Delhi: The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has prepared guidelines for private hospital to manage the rising number of A(H1N1) influenza cases.

    "....
  • 5 new suspected swine flu cases in Chandigarh
    Chandigarh: Five fresh suspected cases of swine flu were reported here today, health officials said, while pointing out that they are still awaiting 35 swine flu test reports from New Delhi. <....
  • First swine flu case confirmed in Bihar
    Patna: Bihar has reported its first swine flu case with a senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) official testing positive for the viral disease, officials said here today.

    The of....
  • Three more get swine flu in Kashmir, two recover
    Srinagar: Three more people have tested positive for the H1N1 virus in Kashmir, while two swine flu patients have recovered, health department officials said here today.

    Two students ....
  • 53 confirmed swine flu cases in West Bengal
    Kolkata: A two-and-a-half year old critically ill boy was on ventilator support while former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly's niece remained stable as the number of confirmed swine f....
  • Record 220 new swine flu cases in India
    New Delhi: A record 220 people tested positive for influenza A (H1N1) today, taking the total number of infected persons in the country to 1,928 but no more deaths from the virus were reported ....
  • Govt to outsource H1N1 tests to private labs
    New Delhi: Struggling to cope with the rush of suspected swine flu cases, the government is planning to outsource H1N1 tests to select private diagnostic centres to reduce the backlog and to en....
  • Swine flu cases in West Bengal rise to 44
    Kolkata: Five people tested positive for the Influenza A(H1N1) virus here today, taking the total number of swine flu cases to 44 in West Bengal, a health official said.

    "Five peo....
  • 66 suspected swine flu cases in MP
    Bhopal: The number of suspected swine flu cases in Madhya Pradesh has reached 66, though there is no confirmed case so far, officials said here today.

    Meanwhile, the report for five s....
  • 3 in Chhattisgarh test positive for swine flu
    Raipur: Three men in Chhattisgarh, who had recently returned from Maharashtra, have tested positive for swine flu, a health official said today.

    "Over 90 samples of patients with ....
  • Four more test positive for swine flu in Jammu
    Jammu: Four more cases of swine flu were reported from this Jammu and Kashmir city today, taking the total number of influenza A (H1N1) patients here to five, officials said today.

    Th....
  • IIM-A seeks advice on swine flu prevention
    Ahmedabad: The Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) is seeking advice from health officials of the city's municipal corporation on preventive measures to ward off the threat of ....
  • 11 die of diarrhoea in Orissa
    Bhubaneswar: At least 11 people have died so far in the last couple of days of diarrhoea in Kalahandi district, health department officials said on Sunday.

    "There are reports of 1....
  • Assam seeeks plane passengers for swine flu screening
    Guwahati: Health authorities in Assam are on the lookout for over 40 passengers of an Indigo flight from Mumbai to Guwahati for screening after a 21-year-old Pune student who travelled in the s....
  • First swine flu case reported in Himachal Pradesh
    Shimla: A woman in Himachal Pradesh on Sunday tested positive for influenza A (H1N1) virus, making her the first case of swine flu in the state, officials said.

    "Medical tests of ....
  • Six more swine flu cases in northeast India
    Shillong/Aizawl: Six more people, including an army soldier and a paramilitary trooper, have tested positive for swine flu in Meghalaya and Mizoram, taking the total number of influenza A (H1N1....
  • Kerala association to train, sensitise doctors for swine flu
    Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala branch of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) today announced that it would train and sensitise nearly 3,000 private hospitals and 20,000 doctors in the state to....
  • Chandigarh gets eighth swine flu case
    Chandigarh: A 20-year-old student from Pune who had come here to meet her parents has tested positive for swine flu, said officials today. Eight people have tested positive for H1N1 in the unio....
  • Nepal fears swine flu invasion from India
    Kathmandu: The quarantining of the first migrant Nepali worker returning from India by land has raised the fear of an outbreak of swine flu in the Himalayan republic from the neighbouring count....
  • Another H1N1 death in Bangalore, toll 4 now
    Bangalore: A 26-year-old woman has died from the Influenza A (H1N1) virus here, taking the swine flu toll in the city to four and India's total to 26 so far, a medical official said today. ....
  • 13 new swine flu cases in Kerala, total 69
    Thiruvananthapuram: Thirteen new cases of swine flu were confirmed in Kerala on Saturday, taking the number of those infected to 69, officials said.

    Amar S. Fettle, the nodal officer ....
  • Two more deaths take India's swine flu toll to 25
    New Delhi/Bangalore: With two more deaths in Bangalore, India's swine flu toll has reached 25, even as 165 people tested positive for the virus today to take the total number of infected pe....
  • Swine flu figure climbs to 30 in WB
    Kolkata: The total number of swine flu cases in West Bengal rose to 30 after two people in the southern fringes of Kolkata tested positive for the H1N1 virus today, a health department official....
  • Pune student first swine flu victim in Assam
    Guwahati: A 21-year-old student from Pune today became the first swine flu victim in Assam, even as health authorities cautioned against panic and urged the people to follow the guidelines to f....
  • Two more swine flu deaths in Bangalore, toll three
    Bangalore: Two more deaths were reported from influenza A (H1N1) virus today in Bangalore taking the toll in the city to three in past four days.

    Shivanna, 55, died at Wockhardt Hospi....
  • Swine flu tally goes up to 28 in West Bengal
    Kolkata: The total number of swine flu cases rose to 28 in West Bengal after eight people, including an eight-year-old girl, tested positive for the H1N1 virus on Friday, a senior state health ....
  • India fine-tunes swine flu guidelines
    New Delhi: India on Friday fine-tuned guidelines to deal with the rising number of swine flu cases as the number of confirmed cases in the country rose to 1,390.

    The move came after a....
  • Private lab to conduct swine flu test for Rs.4,000
    New Delhi: Private diagnostic network Super Religare Laboratories (SRL) said here today that it is ready to conduct swine flu tests at Rs.4,000, while the government claims it spends nearly Rs.....
  • Maharashtra changes Tamiflu protocol, ropes in private hospitals
    Mumbai: As Maharashtra reported more swine flu cases, the state government today decided to start administering Tamiflu tablets to patients with positive symptoms without waiting for their thro....
  • 23 dead, 107 new swine cases in India
    New Delhi: India's swine flu toll rose to 23 today and 107 new cases were detected positive for the viral infection, taking the total number of those affected by influenza A (H1N1) virus to....
  • 48 suspected swine flu cases in MP
    Bhopal: The number of suspected swine flu patients in Madhya Pradesh has risen to 48, with 18 fresh swab samples sent for testing, officials said today.

    "So far 21 samples from Bh....
  • Mumbaikars head for hill stations, beaches
    Mumbai: Not even swine flu can make the spirits of Mumbaikars sag. The grip of the disease in Maharashtra notwithstanding, they are making the best of a long weekend and are off to holiday reso....
  • Media causing undue public anxiety about swine flu
    Delhi: What started as an epidemic of swine flu in Mexico in March 2009 has now spread to 100 countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) has been alerting countries for the past eight years....
  • Goa asks residents not to visit states hit by swine flu
    Panaji: The Goa directorate of health services today appealed to residents of the state not to travel to parts of India hit by swine flu unless the trip was essential.

    The state gover....
  • With and without masks, Delhiites begin Janmashtami celebrations
    New Delhi: Some wore masks, while others covered their faces with handkerchiefs. Devotees were mostly undeterred by the swine flu scare and lined up in various temples across the capital to pay....
  • Swine flu claims four more lives in India, toll now 21
    Pune/Mumbai/Bangalore/New Delhi: A nine-month-old infant and three women succumbed to swine flu in India, taking the country's toll to 21 on Thursday amid hectic efforts to curb the spread ....
  • Two swine flu testing centres to come up in Hyderabad
    Hyderabad: Two swine flu testing centres are coming up in Andhra Pradesh, one of the states worst-affected by H1NI infection.

    One of the two proposed centres will start functioning fr....
  • Teacher, infant die of swine flu; India toll 19
    Pune/Bangalore: A nine-month-old child died of the H1N1 virus in India's epidemic epicentre Pune and a woman school teacher was Bangalore's first swine flu victim, officials said today,....
  • Swine flu cases in West Bengal reach 19
    Kolkata: The total number of confirmed swine flu cases in West Bengal rose to 19 tonight, with six new cases during the day, officials said.

    "We've received six fresh cases to....
  • Masks only for people with H1N1 symptoms: Azad
    New Delhi: Face masks are only for those who have been infected with H1N1 or show symptoms of the disease, union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said today in a bid to stem panic buying.

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  • Hyderabad doctors struggle with crowds wanting H1N1 tests
    Hyderabad: Panicking over the increasing numbers of swine flu cases being reported, people are queuing up at the Government Chest Hospital here to undergo screening for the viral disease only t....
  • No panic on Mumbai's first day of restrictions
    Mumbai: The first day of restrictions in Mumbai on account of swine flu started today with the usual crowds of office-goers, the familiar rush in suburban trains and traffic jams on roads. Only....
  • Another death in Pune hospital tackling swine flu
    Pune: A 75-year-old woman died today in the Sassoon Hospital here, which the Maharashtra government has designated as the nodal hospital for swine flu control in the city. However, it wasn'....
  • 22 suspected swine flu cases in Chhattisgarh
    Raipur: The number of suspected cases of swine flu in Chhattisgarh has soared from four to 22, a health official said today.

    Most of the suspected patients came from Maharashtra, part....
  • Bangalore woman dies of swine flu, India's toll 19
    Bangalore: A 26-year-old school teacher, who died on Wednesday at the St. Philomena Hospital here, was today declared by health authorities as Karnataka's first swine flu victim, taking Ind....
  • Swine flu cases in UP rise to 16
    Lucknow: The number of people infected with influenza A (H1N1) in Uttar Pradesh has risen to 16 with a person in capital Lucknow testing positive for the viral disease, officials said today. <....
  • Maharashtra to change strategy to combat swine flu
    Mumbai: Reeling under the growing menace of swine flu that has claimed 13 lives in Maharashtra in 10 days, the state government on Wednesday admitted the disease was progressing, necessitating ....
  • Avoid crowds during Janmashtami: Health officials
    New Delhi: This Janmashtami, avoid crowded places in the interest of safety. Health officials on Wednesday advised this in view the contagious nature of the swine flu virus that has killed 17 p....
  • Delhi private hospitals asked to reserve beds for H1N1 cases
    New Delhi: The Delhi government on Wednesday asked all private hospitals with 200 beds or more capacity to reserve at least 10 beds with isolation facilities for treating possible swine flu pat....
  • Govt guidelines to private labs on swine flu test
    New Delhi: With swine flu cases spiraling accross the country, India on Wednesday issued the following guidelines to private laboratories for conducting H1N1 tests:

    General bio-safety....
  • West Bengal has 13 H1N1 positive cases
    Kolkata: The number of confirmed swine flu cases in West Bengal rose to 13 on Wednesday, as a class eight student of a Kolkata school tested positive for the infection.

    "Joseph Su....
  • Delhi civic body to give citizens tulsi to fight swine flu
    New Delhi: The national capital's civic agency is all set to tackle the spread of the influenza A (H1N1) virus in its own unique way - by distributing medicinal plants like tulsi and giloy ....
  • Swine flu: Pune infant dies, India toll rises to 18
    Pune/Mumbai/New Delhi: Nine-month-old Swabhiman Kamble died of swine flu at a private hospital here, becoming the 18th victim of the viral disease in the country, an official said today. Kamble....
  • Another swine flu death in Pune
    Pune: A 44-year-old man died of swine flu in a hospital here late on Thursday becoming the fourteenth victim of the epidemic in the city, according to an official.

    Prabhakar Beragar, ....
  • H1N1 claims ninth victim in Pune
    Pune: A 50-year-old woman died of swine flu here today afternoon, the ninth victim of the contagious virus in this Maharashtra city and the 16th in India.

    Nita Meghani, who was admitt....
  • Mumbai film studios to continue shooting despite H1N1 shutdown
    Mumbai: Bollywood's leading film studios will continue with their shooting schedules though schools, colleges, cinema halls and malls in the city will be shut down from Thursday for a week ....
  • Swine flu: Takers for extended weekend getaway dips
    New Delhi: An extended weekend is coming up with Janmashtami and Independence Day leading up to a Sunday, but what could have been a perfect three-day getaway to a nearby holiday destination ha....
  • Three more swine flu cases in UP
    Lucknow: Three more people tested positive for swine flu in Uttar Pradesh today, taking the toll of those affected by the viral disease in the country's most populated state to 15.

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  • Experts advise on do's and don'ts of face masks
    New Delhi: Do you know how safe are your face masks and how to use them? According to doctors, using poor quality face masks and wearing them improperly make people more vulnerable to the swine....
  • Swine flu: Modi wants involvement of private hospitals
    Gandhinagar: Chief Minister Narendra Modi today called for greater centre-state coordination and the involvement of private hospitals to control the spread of the H1N1 virus in Gujarat which ha....
  • Don't panic, 55 percent H1N1 cases already cured: experts
    New Delhi: Don't panic, be careful. That's the advice from health experts who point out that the H1N1 influenza is milder than the seasonal flu and that 55 percent of the more than 1,00....
  • Test report awaited to confirm Karnataka's first H1N1 casualty
    Bangalore: Health authorities in Karnataka are awaiting the test reports of a 29-year-old pregnant woman, who died onTuesday, to confirm whether she was suffering from the Influenza A (H1N1) vi....
  • Delhi allows private hospitals to treat swine flu patients
    New Delhi: The Delhi government today announced it would rope in private hospitals to treat people with swine flu following a rise in the number of cases in the national capital.

    The ....
  • Four suspected swine flu cases in Chhattisgarh
    Raipur: Four Chhattisgarh residents who returned from Pune this week have complained of swine flu symptoms and their samples have been sent to New Delhi for testing, officials here said today. ....
  • Swine flu petition against government dismissed
    New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today dismissed a public interest petition charging the government with not having taken adequate measures to tackle swine flu in the capital.

    Holding ....
  • Maharashtra boy becomes India's 15th swine flu victim
    Pune: A Maharashtra schoolboy succumbed to swine flu just hours after three others in the state died of the same disease today morning, officials said. With these deaths, the toll due to the vi....
  • Pune institute in global race for swine flu vaccine
    New Delhi: It is ironical that Pune reported the first loss of life due to swine flu in India as it is home to the country's largest biotech firm, which is also among the world's leadin....
  • 16 swine flu deaths, but secondary diseases real killer
    New Delhi: Sixteen people have died of swine flu in India, with 12 of the casualties in Maharashtra alone. However, in many cases, secondary complications were behind these deaths. Experts have....
  • 2 Delhi swine flu patients in serious condition
    New Delhi: Two swine flu patients admitted to the Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) hospital here are stated to be in "serious but stable" condition, health officials said today.

    "T....
  • Results of 40 suspected H1N1 cases in Kerala awaited
    Thiruvananthapuram: With the first swine flu death in the state taking place at a private hospital late on Tuesday night here, results of 40 more suspected cases are awaited from various parts ....
  • Action against airlines erring in H1N1 screening: Regulator
    New Delhi: India's aviation sector regulator has warned all airlines operating on international routes of "appropriate action" if they failed to comply with instructions regarding d....
  • Swine flu claims three lives, India's toll rises to 14
    Pune: India was gripped by a swine flu scare on Tuesday and authorities stepped up efforts to curb the spread of the contagious virus that claimed four victims, taking the nationwide death toll....
  • Goa to screen bus passengers from Pune
    Panaji: All buses from Pune will be screened for possible swine flu infected passengers at two border checkposts in Goa from today, a top official said.

    The decision was taken at a me....
  • Sex workers urge Azad to help them tackle swine flu
    New Delhi: Fearing that swine flu could spread faster in red light areas as they are frequented by hundreds of foreigners, an association of sex workers today wrote to Health Minister Ghulam Na....
  • Swine flu kills seven-year-old in Vadodara
    Vadodara: A seven-year-old girl died of the H1N1 influenza at a government hospital in this Gujarat city early today, taking the toll of the viral disease in the country to 10.

    "T....
  • Chandigarh private hospitals to tackle swine flu
    Chandigarh: The Chandigarh administration has decided to rope in the services of private hospitals to tackle swine flu and introduce the facility of testing influenza A (H1N1) virus in a leadin....
  • 'Making swine flu vaccine a complex process'
    New Delhi: Developing vaccines against swine flu virus strains is a complex and time-consuming process and inoculations are usually effective only for a single season, says an expert at a leadi....
  • Don't panic, H1NI spread is 'fairly mild': Delhi govt
    New Delhi: The Delhi government on Monday advised educational institutes not to shut down if their students show swine flu symptoms, and said "the current magnitude of the spread of H1N1 in....
  • Azad to brief IAS officials on swine flu
    New Delhi: Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad will brief senior bureaucrats who have been tasked to visit various state to help them contain the spread of H1N1 virus that has claimed eight lives ....
  • Swine Flu panic in Bangalore, one more school shuts
    Bangalore: One more school in Bangalore shut today because of the spreading influenza A (H1N1) virus, taking the number of schools in the tech hub to declare a holiday due to the disease to thr....
  • Swine Flu panic in Bangalore, one more school shuts
    Bangalore: One more school in Bangalore shut today because of the spreading influenza A (H1N1) virus, taking the number of schools in the tech hub to declare a holiday due to the disease to thr....
  • Fear in Delhi as India's swine flu toll rises to eight
    New Delhi: With some people covering their faces with handkerchiefs, dupattas or masks, the fear of swine flu was clear in buses, metros and in public places in the capital today as India repor....
  • Ayurvedic centre claims it has cure for swine flu
    Nagpur: An Ayurvedic research centre specializing in medicines derived from cow products and derivatives on Monday claimed that its formulations can prevent and "possibly" cure swine fl....
  • Malaysian badminton coach has swine flu symptoms
    Hyderabad: Misbun Sidek, coach of the Malaysian team participating in the World Badminton Championships here, has displayed symptoms of swine flu and his samples have been sent for testing for ....
  • Jammu records its first positive swine flu case
    Jammu: A girl from here who was studying in Pune and had come home for the summer break has tested positive for swine flu.

    She is the first confirmed swine flu patient in Jammu and Ka....
  • India gears up to tackle swine flu as deaths jump to eight
    New Delhi: A Pune schoolgirl became India's eighth H1N1 fatality when she succumbed to the virus early today, taking the total to eight. India geared up to further tackle the spread of the ....
  • Two suspected swine flu cases in Himachal
    Shimla: Two suspected swine flu cases were reported on Monday in Himachal Pradesh, officials said.

    After conducting their medical tests, the suspected patients were discharged from th....
  • Pune swine flu toll rises to five, national toll eight
    Pune: A schoolgirl became the sixth victim of the swine flu in the state when she succumbed to the virus early today, according to a health official.

    The victim, Shruti Gavde, 13, die....
  • 10 swine flu cases in West Bengal, schools sound alert
    Kolkata: The total number of swine flu infection cases in West Bengal rose to 10 today, as various schools pressed the alarm bell trying to sensitise students and parents on the H1N1 infections....
  • Govt to send IAS officers to states to tackle swine flu
    New Delhi: Admitting that sending letters to states about the swine flu pandemic was having little impact, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today said the central government would send around 3....
  • Andhra on alert following swine flu deaths
    Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh, which reported the first swine flu case in India, is on alert to check the spread of the Influenza A (H1N1) virus that has affected 74 people in the state and claimed....
  • 3 Delhi doctors test negative for swine flu
    New Delhi: Three doctors in a leading hospital here who fell ill after examining swine flu patients have tested negative for the virus, a hospital official said today.

    The test result....
  • B'lore school closes for week as student gets H1N1 virus
    Bangalore: The Frank Anthony Public School here announced that it will remain closed for a week from today as a 14-year-old boy has tested positive for Influenza A (H1N1). This is the first sch....
  • Kerala to set up more screening centres to tackle swine flu
    Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala will have more screening centres to tackle the increasing number of influenza A (H1N1) virus cases in the state, a senior health official said here today. Swine flu h....
  • India's top most research agency to develop swine flu test kit
    New Delhi: With each test to detect swine flu virus proving very expensive as the kit and reagents are imported from the US, India's top medical research agency, the Indian Council of Medic....
  • Swine flu cases in West Bengal reach 10
    Kolkata: The total number of swine flu infection cases in West Bengal climbed up to 10 today, a health official said.

    "At least 10 swine flu cases have been detected so far in our....
  • Panic over swine flu grips Uttar Pradesh
    Lucknow: Only three cases of swine flu have been confirmed in Uttar Pradesh but panic over the spread of influenza A (H1N1) infection appeared to have gripped the country's most populous st....
  • Swine flu outbreak brings life to standstill in Pune
    Pune: In a drastic measure to curb the swine flu pandemic that has already killed three people in this city, the Maharashtra government today decided to shut down schools and businesses for per....
  • Schools, colleges, malls shut in Maharashta over swine flu
    Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has decided to close down all schools, colleges, cinema halls and malls from today in an attempt to arrest the spread of swine flu in the state.

    Whi....
  • H1N1 toll six after death of Pune doctor, Chennai child
    Chennai/Pune: A 35-year-old ayurvedic doctor in Pune and a four-year-old boy in Chennai died of the Influenza A (H1N1) virus early today, taking the toll of the viral disease to six in the coun....
  • Delhi school closes as 2 kids get swine flu
    New Delhi: With two of its students testing positive for Influenza A(H1N1), the Modern School Junior section in south Delhi announced today that it will remain closed for a week.

    "....
  • Schools, colleges, malls shut in swine flu-hit Pune
    Pune: The Maharashtra government today decided to close down all schools, colleges, cinema halls and malls in the Pune-Pimpri-Chinchwad area in an attempt to arrest the spread of swine flu in t....
  • Chennai child dies of swine flu
    Chennai: Four-year-old Sanjay Balakrishnan died of influenza A (H1N1) infection at a private hospital here today, becoming the sixth swine flu victim in the country.

    Sources at Neta H....
  • Four quarantined in Jammu after swine flu symptoms
    Jammu: Four students in Jammu and Kashmir were quarantined in a government hospital here on Sunday after they showed swine flu symptoms, an official said.

    These are the first suspecte....
  • 17 members of a family quarantined with swine flu symptoms
    Chandigarh: Seventeen members of a family, who came in contact with an influenza A (H1N1) infected patient, were quarantined in their Sector 9 home here, an official said today.

    Accor....
  • Fifth swine flu death in India
    Pune: A 35-year-old ayurvedic doctor died of influenza A (H1N1) infection here today morning, becoming the fifth swine flu victim in the country, an official said.

    Baburao Mane was ad....
  • Swine flu toll is four, PM talks to Azad
    Pune/Ahmedabad/New Delhi: The contagious swine flu claimed two more lives in India on Sunday, taking the national death toll in just a week to four and forcing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh'....
  • Maharashtra to allow private hospitals to treat H1N1 patients
    Mumbai: The Maharashtra government today started working on a protocol to permit private hospitals to treat patients of swine flu that has claimed three lives in the state as the influenza A(H1....
  • Delhi readies guidelines on home quarantine for swine flu
    New Delhi: The Delhi government today prepared guidelines for home quarantine to tackle the swine flu outbreak in the national capital and stressed there was no need to panic or for schools to ....
  • Apologise or resign for remarks, Reeda's family to Azad
    Pune: Upset with the remarks of union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, the family of 14-year-old Reeda Shaikh, India's first swine flu fatality, has demanded that he either apologise or re....
  • 9-year-old tests positive for swine flu in Kerala
    Thrissur (Kerala): A nine-year-old boy, who arrived from the US with his parents a week ago, has tested positive for influenza A (H1N1) virus, a health official said today.

    With this,....
  • Swine flu contagious, victims could have spread it: Azad
    New Delhi: Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today said swine flu was very contagious and those who have fallen victim to it could have passed on the virus to many others.

    He told repo....
  • PM speaks to Azad on swine flu
    New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today spoke to Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad as swine flu claimed two more lives in India, taking the national death toll to four since Aug 3.

  • After 3 deaths, Maharashtra sets core panel to tackle H1N1
    Mumbai: Rattled by three swine flu deaths in six days, the Maharashtra government today set up a core group to monitor the influenza A (H1N1) spread, as four new cases were reported in the stat....
  • Four more swine flu cases in Goa, tally 11
    Panaji: Four more confirmed cases of swine flu were reported in Goa, taking the total number of Influenza A (H1N1) patients in the state to 11, a health official said today.

    The nodal....
  • Delhi school shuts for a week after swine flu panic
    New Delhi: The privately run Sanskriti School here will be closed for a week after two of its students tested positive for swine flu, a teacher said today.

    The two students, from Clas....
  • Two more die of swine flu - four fatalities in India
    Pune/Ahmedabad: A 42-year-old man in Pune and an NRI who had arrived in Ahmedabad from the US last month succumbed to swine flu early today, taking the toll from the Influenza A(H1N) virus in I....
  • 'India shouldn't sell Tamiflu in open market'
    New Delhi: Should India sell Tamiflu in the open market as swine flue cases continue to rise? No, say experts and health officials, warning it could lead to panic buying, hoarding and even spur....
  • 53-year-old woman is India's second swine flu victim
    Mumbai: A 53-year-old woman died of swine flu here today evening, as the influenza A(H1N1) virus claimed its second victim in India in less than a week, officials said.

    The woman, ide....
  • Medicos tackling swine flu urged to follow safety guidelines
    New Delhi: With three doctors in the capital testing positive for swine flu, the central government has appealed to all doctors, paramedics and lab technicians to follow safety guidelines to av....
  • Private hospitals, labs gear up for swine flu
    New Delhi: A large number of private hospitals and laboratories were being accredited by various state governments Saturday to treat swine flu patients as well as test for the influenza A (H1N1....
  • Premier hospital's swine flu detection head quarantined
    New Delhi: The head of the swine flu screening centre at the Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital and a junior colleague have been put under home quarantine for suspected influenza A (H1N1).

  • Bangalore's private hospitals join to fight swine flu
    Bangalore: With 10 more swine flu cases reported in Bangalore in the last 24 hours, the Karnataka government has roped in the services of 11 private hospitals to tackle the spread of the influe....
  • Swine flu vaccine in 'four to seven months': government
    New Delhi: India is at the forefront of developing a swine flu vaccine that will be available in "four to seven months", the government announced on Friday as 96 new infections were rep....
  • 40 new swine flu cases in edgy Maharashtra
    Pune: As many as 40 new cases of swine flu were detected across Maharashtra today, taking the total number of people affected by the H1N1 virus in the state to 212, health authorities said here....
  • Govt to buy cheaper German chemicals to test swine flu
    New Delhi: The government has decided to buy cheaper chemicals used for testing influenza A virus from a German-based company since the number of swine flu cases is increasing rapidly in the co....
  • Delhi hospital 'masked' to handle swine flu 'patients'
    New Delhi: Gate keepers, security men, doctors and even the visiting media personnel were all wearing surgical masks at the Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) hospital here as hundreds of people -- from p....
  • Enough doses of Tamiflu to treat 60 lakh swine flu cases: Azad
    New Delhi: The government has stocked adequate chemicals to test one crore swine flu suspects and also has 60 lakh doses of Tamiflu to treat those who test positive, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi....
  • Symbiosis student in Pune tests positive for swine flu
    Pune: An 18-year-old girl student of Symbiosis college in this Maharashtra city was found positive for the H1N1 virus here today afternoon following which the campus has been closed for a week,....
  • No new swine flu case in Maharashtra, 128 patients discharged
    Pune: In what appeared to be a respite, health officials in Maharashtra said today there was no fresh case of swine flu in the state and that 128 of the 172 affected had been discharged from ho....
  • 19 new swine flu cases in India, total 616
    New Delhi: The capital reported 11 cases of swine flu and Pune eight taking the total number of infected people in the country to 616 today amid panic in the two cities for the second consecuti....
  • Gujarat taking no chances against swine flu
    Gandhinagar: Taking no chances after swine flu claimed its first victim in the country, the Gujarat government has directed all private hospitals to refer all suspected swine flu patients to st....
  • Swine flu victim's parents file complaint against private hospital
    Pune/Mumbai: The parents of Reeda Shaikh, the 14-year-old schoolgirl who became India's first swine flu victim, today filed a complaint for "gross negligence" with the Pune police a....
  • Orissa's first swine flu suspect admitted to hospital
    Bhubaneswar: An engineer who had recently returned from Singapore was today admitted to a Cuttack hospital with swine flu symptoms, Orissa's first suspected case of the disease.

    H....
  • Goa yet to get thermal scanners for swine flu
    Panaji: Goa, the country's leading tourist destination, is yet to receive thermal scanners from the civil aviation ministry to scan incoming passengers for swine flu symptoms, Health Minist....
  • First swine flu case confirmed in Jharkhand
    Ranchi: Jharkhand's first case of swine flu has been confirmed with a 22-year-old student testing positive for influenza A (H1N1) infection, an official said today.

    Gopal Kumar, w....
  • 30 new swine flu cases in Maharashtra, total 172
    Mumbai/Pune: Swine flu continues to spread in Maharashtra with 30 new cases reported till today morning, raising the total to 172, a senior health official said.

    "Nine new cases h....
  • 23 new swine flu cases in India, total 597
    New Delhi: Twenty-three new cases of swine flu were reported from across India on Wednesday, including a Malaysian student, as the infectious virus spread to small cities and took the total num....
  • Swine flu scare grips Pune
    Pune: Two days after a schoolgirl succumbed to influenza A(H1N1) in this Maharashtra city, hundreds of people - young and old - today thronged the only swine flu testing centre here, leading to....
  • India may have swine flu vaccine by September
    New Delhi: India may come out with a vaccine for the dreaded influenza A(H1N1) infection by September, health ministry officials said on Tuesday. The health ministry is working with the Serum I....
  • Delhi tops India in swine flu cases
    New Delhi: Delhi has seen the maximum number of swine flu cases in India so far with 163 patients, closely followed by Pune - where a 14-year-old girl has died due to the influenza A(H1N1) viru....
  • India issues fresh guidelines after swine flu death
    New Delhi/Pune: Shaken by the death of a 14-year-old schoolgirl, India today issued fresh guidelines, including allowing home quarantine, to prevent a repeat of the country's first swine fl....
  • 16 more swine flu cases take India tally is 574
    New Delhi: India today reported 16 more swine flu cases, mostly children, taking the total number of people infected in the country to 574 so far.

    "About 2,528 people have been te....
  • Two Maharashtra districts declared hit by swine flu
    Pune: The Maharashtra government today declared Pune and Satara districts as affected by the swine flu pandemic even as Chief Minister Ashok Chavan squarely blamed the Jehangir Hospital for the....
  • Monsoon, winters could see more swine flu cases: experts
    New Delhi: A day after a 14-year-old schoolgirl died in Pune of swine flu, doctors and experts today warned that the H1N1 infections in the country could increase as the virus spreads faster du....
  • We will sue the hospital: swine flu victim's family
    Pune: The family of a 14-year-old girl who died of swine flu on Monday due to "delayed treatment" has threatened civil and criminal action against the private hospital where she was adm....
  • Negligence more scary than swine flu
    New Delhi: Our daughter confirmed positive for swine flu and was treated at New Delhi's Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya Hospital in Malviya Nagar. She has been discharged but our concerns are about....
  • After swine flu death, new guidelines for private hospitals
    New Delhi: The health ministry will issue new guidelines to private hospitals on handling swine flu patients, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said today, a day after India's first death fr....
  • India reports first swine flu death in pandemic Pune
    New Delhi/Pune: Days after Pune was declared a pandemic city for swine flu, a 14-year-old girl succumbed to the virus there on Monday - making it India's first death due to influenza A(H1N1....
  • Swine flu claims first victim in India
    Pune/New Delhi: A 14-year-old girl student of Pune who complained of sore throat last month today became the first victim of swine flu in India, the authorities said.

    The girl was on ....
  • Goa govt to transfer swine flu nodal officer
    Panaji: Goa Health Minister Vishwajeet Rane today said the state's nodal officer for swine flu, who last week alleged the health department was not allocating adequate funds to tackle the d....
  • Nine new swine flu cases in India, total at 534
    New Delhi: Nine new cases of influenza A H1N1, including eight from Pune, were reported on Saturday, taking to 534 the number of people infected in the country by the swine flu virus.

    ....
  • Goa govt finally releases funds to tackle swine flu
    Panaji: In a damage control move, after the state nodal officer for swine flu on Friday publicly accused the state government of depriving him of funds to tackle influenza A (H1N1), Chief Minis....
  • Goa has no funds to tackle swine flu: health official
    Panaji: Even as the number of swine flu cases in Goa reached six, the state health department's mechanism to combat swine flu was thrown into turmoil on Friday after the nodal officer for s....
  • 16 more swine flu cases, India's tally now 525
    New Delhi: Sixteen new cases of swine flu, including 11 children, were reported today, taking the total number of people infected with the virus to 525 in India, health officials said.

    ....
  • India's swine flu cases-tally is now 509
    New Delhi: India continues to report fresh swine flu cases with 11 people including six children being detected with the virus today, taking the total number to 509, health officials said here.....
  • Don't shut schools after swine flu scare, advises govt
    New Delhi: The Indian health ministry today asked educational institutes not to shut but take preventive measures to control the swine flu spread as 23 new cases of the influenza A(H1N1) were r....
  • India's swine flu tally rises to 475
    New Delhi: Twenty-one people, including a year-old child, were today detected with swine flu, taking the total number of the influenza A(H1N1) cases in India to 475, health officials said here.....
  • Chandigarh gets positive swine flu case
    Chandigarh: A 23-year-old resident of Punjab's Patiala town, admitted to a Chandigarh hospital, has tested positive for the influenza A (H1N1) virus.

    Officials said the patient fr....
  • 25 new swine flu cases take India's tally to 454 cases
    New Delhi: At least 25 people were detected with influenza A H1N1) virus today taking the total number of swine flu cases in the country to 454, a health official said here.

    "Abou....
  • Four Indian fencers, coach test positive for swine flu
    New Delhi: Four Indian fencers and a coach have tested positive for swine flu on their return home from an international competition in Singapore.

    A 34-strong Indian team returned on ....
  • 21 new swine flu cases in India, total 413
    New Delhi: Twenty-one new cases of swine flu were reported today taking the total number of infected cases in India to 413.

    "Twenty one new laboratory confirmed cases have been re....
  • Three Pune schools shut after swine flu spreads
    Pune: Maharashtra's information technology capital Pune has earned a dubious distinction. It has recorded the highest number of swine flu cases in the state, with schoolchildren forming a m....
  • Centre to advise states on closing schools for swine flu
    New Delhi: A day after Delhi government opposed the closure of any school fully or partially due to the swine flu threat, a senior central health ministry official today said the government wil....
  • 29 new cases of swine flu push India's tally to 371
    New Delhi: Twenty nine new cases of swine flu were reported in the country today, taking the tally to 371.

    "Twenty-nine new laboratory confirmed cases have been reported today (Th....
  • Five fresh swine flu cases take Andhra tally to 48
    Hyderabad: Four children and a woman today tested positive for influenza A(H1N1), taking the number of swine flu cases in Andhra Pradesh to 48, health officials here said.

    According t....
  • Swine flu tally 322, 16 labs to be upgraded for virus testing
    New Delhi: Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today said that there are 322 cases of swine flu in India, a sizable number of which were "imported cases" from the US. He said the governmen....
  • India's swine flu cases go up to 308
    New Delhi: India's swine flu cases continue to rise with 11 more people detected with influenza A (H1N1) virus today, taking the tally to 308 in the country.

    "So far, 1,595 pe....
  • India's swine flu tally jump to 298
    New Delhi: Thirteen new swine flu cases were reported today, taking the total number of influenza A(H1N1) virus cases to 298 in India, health officials said here.

    "A total of 1,5....
  • India's swine flu tally up to 285
    New Delhi: Seventeen people, including 14 children, were detected with the swine flu today, taking the total influenza A (H1N1) virus cases in India to 285, health officials said.

    The....
  • Eight new swine flu cases take India's tally to 268
    New Delhi: India today reported eight new swine flu patients, taking the total number of influenza A(H1N1) virus cases to 268, health officials said.

    Six children were among those who....
  • Seven kids among nine new swine flu cases, tally 260
    New Delhi: Nine people, including seven children, were detected with swine flu, taking the total number of influenza A (H1N1) cases to 260 so far in the country, health officials said today. <....
  • 22 fresh swine flu cases take India's total to 251
    New Delhi: Twenty-two new cases of swine flu, highest in a day so far, were reported today in India taking to 251 the number of total confirmed cases of the influenza A(H1N1), which the World H....
  • 17 new swine flu cases push India tally to 229, 88 in hospital
    New Delhi: India today reported 17 new swine flu cases, taking the total number of people infected with the influenza A(H1N1) virus to 229 while a whopping number of 88 are in hospitals, a heal....
  • Google shuts down Hyderabad office on swine flu scare
    Hyderabad: The swine flu scare today forced IT major Google to shut down its Hyderabad office for two days as a precautionary measure.

    A company spokesman confirmed that Google has de....
  • 8 swine flu cases in Hyderabad, India crosses 200
    Hyderabad: India's tally of swine flu cases crossed 200 today as eight people here were confirmed to be suffering from influenza A (H1N1), officials said.

    There was a sudden spurt....
  • 10 new cases take India's swine flu tally to 193
    New Delhi: Ten people were confirmed on Sunday to be suffering from swine flu, taking India's tally to 193, even as 113 of them have been discharged, the health ministry said in a statement....
  • Seven quarantined in Chennai on swine flu fears
    Chennai: Seven people who flew into the city from Singapore and the US on Saturday were quarantined for exhibiting swine flu symptoms.

    A family of four -- a couple and their two sons....
  • 14 new swine flu cases take India tally to 183
    New Delhi: India today reported 14 new swine flu cases, taking the total number of people infected with the influenza A(H1N1) virus to 183, according to the health ministry.

    "Abou....
  • Five new swine flu cases, now 169 in India
    New Delhi: Five people, including two children, were detected with swine flu today, taking the total number of influenza A (H1N1) infections in India to 169, health officials said.

    &#....
  • Six new swine flu cases, total 164 in India
    New Delhi: Six new cases of swine flu were reported on Thursday in the country, including three in the national capital, taking the total number of people infected with the influenza A(H1N1) vi....
  • Swine flu screening of India-bound passengers not started
    New Delhi: India has asked all countries affected by swine flu to undertake screening of passengers travelling to this country but no nation has acted on this yet, parliament was informed on We....
  • Five new swine flu cases, total in India stands at 158
    New Delhi: Five new swine flu cases were reported in India today, taking the total number of people infected with the influenza A(H1N1) virus to 158 in the country, health officials said here. ....
  • Couple in Punjab tests positive for swine flu
    Chandigarh: A couple in Jalandhar town of Punjab has tested positive for influenza A (H1N1) infection after a trip to Thailand, health officials said today.

    Kulwant Singh, 44, and hi....
  • Eight new swine flu cases, total in India 153
    New Delhi: Eight new swine flu cases were reported today in India taking the total number of people infected with the influenza A(H1N1) virus to 153 in the country, the health ministry said. &#....
  • Nine new swine flu cases, tally mounts to 145
    New Delhi: Nine new cases of swine flu were reported today, taking the total figure of the influenza A H1N1 cases in the country to 145 so far, health officials said here.

    "Of the....
  • New swine flu case takes India's tally to 129
    New Delhi: A Thai national was found suffering from swine flu, taking the total number of influenza A (H1N1) cases in India to 129, said an official statement today.

    "The only new....
  • 12 new cases of swine flu, total 128 in India
    New Delhi: Twelve new cases of swine flu were reported in the country today, taking the total number of influenza A (H1N1) cases to 128, health officials said here.

    "About 837 per....
  • Swine flu cases in Kerala rise to six
    Thiruvananthapuram: With a seven-year-old girl and her 12-year-old brother testing positive for influenza A (H1N1) infection, the number of swine flu cases in Kerala has risen to six.

    ....
  • Four new cases of swine flu, total in India 116
    New Delhi: Four new cases of swine flu were detected today, taking the total number of influenza A(H1N1) virus to 116, health officials said here.

    Among those who tested positive for ....
  • Swine flu infection cases rise to five in Nepal
    Kathmandu: Three days after Nepal reported its first cases of swine flu, health officials today said the Influenza A (H1N1) virus has also been detected in two more.

    While four of th....
  • Three new cases of swine flu in India, tally 112
    New Delhi: Three new cases of swine flu were reported in India today taking the total number of cases reported to 112, a statement said.

    One person each in Delhi, Bangalore and Gurgao....
  • Swine flu cases rise to four in Kerala
    Thiruvananthapuram: A 69-year-old woman tested positive for the influenza A (H1N1) today, taking the total number of swine flu affected people in Kerala to four, a health official said.

  • Five more cases of swine flu in India, tally 109
    New Delhi: Five more people, including a 12-year-old girl, tested positive for swine flu today taking the total number of cases reported so far to 109, the health ministry said. At least 70 pat....
  • India strengthens swine flu facilities, records 104 cases
    New Delhi: With as many as 11 people testing positive for swine flu on Monday, taking the total number of cases reported to 104, India further strengthened its screening and testing facilities ....
  • Eleven new swine flu cases, total in India 104
    New Delhi: Eleven new cases of the swine flu were reported today, taking the total influenza A(H1N1) cases to 104 in India, union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said here.

    "Elev....
  • Three test positive for swine flu in Kerala
    Thiruvananthapuram: Three people, including a mother and her son, have tested positive for the swine flu in Kerala, state Health Minister P.K. Sreemathi said on Sunday.

    The mother-son....
  • Seven fresh swine flu cases found in India, total 96
    New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram: India on Sunday reported seven fresh cases of swine flu, taking to 96 the total number of people infected with the pandemic virus, according to health officials. A....
  • Four more swine flu cases in India, total 93
    New Delhi: India today reported four fresh cases of swine flu, taking to 93 the total number of people infected with the virus, according to health ministry here.

    One case each was re....
  • West Indies ODI series under swine flu scanner
    Kingston: The Jamaican health ministry has put the ongoing one-day series between India and the West Indies under "special swine flu surveillance" after the outbreak of influenza A(H1N1....
  • Boy displays swine flu symptoms, quarantined
    Chennai: A six-year-old boy who arrived in Chennai from Sydney today and exhibited symptoms of swine flu has been quarantined, an official said.

    "The boy, who flew in with four of....
  • Two more swine flu cases take India's total to 80
    New Delhi: Two fresh cases of swine flu were reported on Friday, taking the total number of people detected with the influenza A (H1N1) virus to 80 in India, health officials said here.

  • Nine new swine flu cases take India's total to 89
    New Delhi: Nine new swine flu cases, four each from Bangalore and Delhi and one from Punjab, today took the total number of people detected with the influenza A(H1N1) virus in India to 89, a he....
  • Two more swine flu cases take India's total to 80
    New Delhi: Two teenaged girls, one each from Delhi and Mumbai, were today confirmed to have contracted swine flu, taking the total number of people detected with the influenza A(H1N1) virus in ....
  • Five new swine flu cases in India, total rises to 78
    New Delhi: Five people, including three children, tested positive today for the swine flu, taking the total number of influenza A (H1N1) virus cases in India to 78, health officials said.

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  • First swine flu case detected in West Bengal
    Kolkata: A first case of swine flu infection has been detected in West Bengal with a seven-year-old girl testing positive for the disease, officials said on Wednesday.

    Shruti Ghosh, w....
  • Five more swine flu cases take India's total to 68
    New Delhi: Five people, including a 15-year-old boy, tested positive for swine flu today, taking the total number of influenza A (H1N1) cases in India to 68, though 41 of them have already been....
  • Two more suspected swine flu cases in Goa
    Panaji: Two people, who came to Goa from the US earlier this month, have been quarantined at home after they displayed symptoms of swine flu, officials said today.

    State epidemiologis....
  • Four more swine flu cases, India tally now 63
    New Delhi: Four more people in different parts of the country tested positive for the influenza A (H1N1) on Monday, taking the total number of people affected by the flu virus in India to 63. T....
  • Swine flu hits West Indies, Indian team anxious
    Kingston: The Indian cricket team kept its fingers crossed and geared up for the One-day series against the West Indies as the first ever Caribbean Games to be held in Trinidad and Tobago, slat....
  • Couple in Chennai test positive for swine flu
    Chennai: A couple, who arrived in Chennai from the US last week, has tested positive for swine flu and admitted to a hospital here, an official said.

    "The couple has been admitted....
  • Two swine flu patients discharged from Punjab hospital
    Jalandhar (Punjab): Two students who tested positive for influenza A (H1N1) and were admitted to a hospital in this Punjab city last week were discharged today after complete recovery, health o....
  • Ghaziabad man tests positive for swine flu
    Ghaziabad: A Ghaziabad resident, who works as a marine engineer with the merchant navy and recently returned from Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, has been tested positive for swine flu, ....
  • Bangalore gets isolation ward to tackle rising swine flu
    Bangalore: With seven swine flu cases reported in Bangalore, the Karnataka government today announced the setting up of a second isolation ward to treat patients with HIN1 flu symptoms.

  • Six new swine flu cases push India's tally to 56
    New Delhi: Six people, including two minors, across the country today tested positive for the influenza A (H1N1) virus, taking the total number of affected people in India to 56 though 21 of th....
  • 50 cases of swine flu in India, 16 discharged
    New Delhi: Six people including two children tested positive for the influenza A(H1N1) virus on Friday, taking the total number of people affected with swine flu in India to 50. At least 16 of ....
  • First swine flu case detected in Bangladesh
    Dhaka: The first case of infection of the influenza A(H1N1) virus has been detected in Bangladesh, the health ministry said on Friday.

    The case came to light on Thursday after throat ....
  • Six more swine flu cases in India, tally now 50
    New Delhi: Six people, including two children, tested positive for the influenza A(H1N1) virus today, taking the total number of people affected with swine flu to 50.

    "Six new cas....
  • Sand sculpture on swine flu draws crowds
    Bhubaneswar: Crowds have been flocking to Orissa's Puri beach to see a 15-feet long sand sculpture of a pig and a message on swine flu by renowned artist Sudarsan Patnaik.

    Patnaik....
  • 44 swine flu cases in India, Azad says no worries
    New Delhi/Bangalore/Bhubaneswar: Nine people, including a 12-year-old boy, were confirmed to have contracted swine flu virus in India on Thursday, taking the total number of people infected wit....
  • Kid tests positive for swine flu in Hyderabad
    Hyderabad: An eight-year-old girl today tested positive for influenza A(H1N1) here, taking the total number of swine flu cases in Andhra Pradesh to 14 -- the highest in India.

    Doctors....
  • Gujarat girl detected with swine flu symptoms
    Gandhinagar: An 11-year old girl and her parents have been quarantined in a government civil hospital in north Gujarat after she displayed swine flu-like symptoms after returning from the US, a....
  • Three more swine flu cases in Bangalore, total 38
    New Delhi: Three more persons including a 12-year-old boy have been confirmed with swine flu infection today in Bangalore, taking the total number of people who have tested positive for the pan....
  • Seven Punjab students test negative for swine flu
    Jalandhar (Punjab): Seven students admitted at a hospital in this Punjab city have tested negative for the influenza A (H1N1) virus, health officials said today.

    The medical reports w....
  • Four more swine flu cases in Delhi
    New Delhi: Four more swine flu cases were reported in the national capital, taking the total number of influenza A (H1N1) cases in India to 35, health officials said here today.

    "....
  • Bangaloreans volunteer for swine flu screening
    Bangalore: Bangaloreans have become proactive in voluntarily getting themselves screened for the H1N1 influenza infection after two swine flu cases were reported in the city, health officials s....
  • One more student with swine flu symptoms in Punjab
    Jalandhar(Punjab): A student, whose 14 classmates have been quarantined with swine flu symptoms, was hospitalised in this Punjab city Wednesday after he complained of a running nose, body ache ....
  • Chandigarh enhances surveillance to prevent H1N1
    Chandigarh: After the detection of seven confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza among students in the neighbouring state of Punjab, the Chandigarh health department has geared up its surveillance to....
  • Five students with H1N1 symptoms in Punjab
    Jalandhar: Five more students with swine flu symptoms were hospitalised in this Punjab city on Tuesday and their blood samples sent to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) in ....
  • Suspected swine flu patient's kids sent home from school
    Shimla: The children of a 38-year-old man from Himachal Pradesh, who has been quarantined since Monday after authorities suspected he was suffering from swine flu, were not allowed to attend sc....
  • Swine flu not yet in Himachal Pradesh
    Dharmshala: R.S. Gupta, Deputy Commissioner, Kangra has made it clear today that no case of swine flu has been detected in Kangra district so far. According to Gupta, He said that recently a s....
  • Northeast banned pig import
    Agartala: Authorities in the northeastern region have stepped up precautionary measures against the spread of swine flu, besides banning import of pigs and pork products from adjoining countrie....
  • Children, elderly most susceptible to swine flu: experts
    New Delhi: Children and old people, especially those suffering from chronic diseases like diabetes and heart problems, are most prone to catch the swine flu virus that has created havoc globall....
  • Two more students with swine flu symptoms in Punjab
    Jalandhar: Two more students with swine flu symptoms were hospitalised in this Punjab city today and their blood samples sent to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) in New De....
  • Punjab students with swine flu under observation
    Jalandhar (Punjab): The seven students from Punjab who have tested positive for influenza A (H1N1) have been kept in isolation wards and are under constant observation while the test reports o....
  • India wants US to screen passengers for swine flu
    New Delhi: India today said there should be "some kind of screening" for outbound travellers in the US as most people coming from that country have been tested positive for influenza A(....
  • Girl quarantined with swine flu symptoms in Mumbai
    Mumbai: Maharashtra health authorities have quarantined a 12-year-old girl who arrived from Thailand with symptoms of swine flu here on Monday, an official said.

    "The girl arrived....
  • Swine flu cases jump to 30 in India
    New Delhi: Swine flu cases in India jumped to 30 today after seven students from Punjab who arrived from the US tested positive for the disease, health officials said here.

    As most of....
  • 23 swine flu cases, India says situation under control
    New Delhi/Hyderabad: Three more people were confirmed to have been infected with influenza A(H1N1) today, taking the total number of swine flu cases in the country to 23. However, Health Minist....
  • Swine flu cases in India mount to 23
    Hyderabad: The number of people infected with the influenza A(H1NI) virus in India has risen to 23 with authorities here confirming that three more air passengers were found to be suffering fro....
  • 23 swine flu cases, India says situation under control
    New Delhi/Hyderabad: Three more people were confirmed to have been infected with influenza A(H1N1) today, taking the total number of swine flu cases in the country to 23. However, Health Minist....
  • Three more swine flu cases in India, total 20
    New Delhi: With swine flu slowly spreading in India, a 17-year-old boy in Delhi and a woman and her daughter in Bangalore have tested positive, taking the number of confirmed influenza A(H1N1) ....
  • US national tested with H1N1 flu symptoms in B'lore
    Bangalore: A 37-year-old American national was quarantined here today with suspected symptoms of HINI flu, an official said here.

    The American national was admitted to the Rajiv Gandh....
  • One more swine flu case in India, total 17
    Hyderdabad/New Delhi: A one-and-a-half-year-old boy tested positive for swine flu today, a day after his six-year-old sister too was confirmed as being infected by the influenza A (H1N1) virus,....
  • Swine flu patients' hospitalisation mandatory in Delhi
    New Delhi: With the rise in the number of swine flu cases in India, the Delhi government late on Friday invoked the Epidemic Act, making it mandatory for any person who has tested positive for ....
  • India fully prepared to handle swine flu: Azad
    New Delhi: India was "prepared at every level" to combat the challenge of influenza A, commonly known as the swine flu, and there was no need to worry, Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi....
  • Six-year-old is India's latest swine flu case
    Hyderabad: India today reported one more swine flu patient, taking the number of cases to 16, with a six-year-old girl who had arrived here from the US testing positive for the H1N1 virus.

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  • Swine flu vaccine in six months: Health ministry
    New Delhi: Indian scientists are working on developing a vaccine for influenza A (H1N1), or swine flu, by the end of the year, a senior health ministry official said here today.

    Scien....
  • Five swine flu cases in Delhi
    New Delhi: One more swine flu case was reported in the capital, taking the total number of cases to five, health officials said here today.

    "A total of five swine flu cases have b....
  • Swine flu case in Goa, another suspected
    Panaji: A confirmed case of swine flu has been reported in Goa while authorities have sent samples of another man, exhibiting symptoms of the disease, for testing, an official said today.

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  • India reports two more Swine flu cases, total 14
    New Delhi/Goa: Two more cases of swine flu have been reported in India, taking the total influenza A(H1N1) cases in the country to 14, health officials said here today.

    In New Delhi, ....
  • Suspected swine flu case in Chandigarh
    Chandigarh: A suspected case of swine flu came to light here on Wednesday, an official said.

    The blood samples of a 50-year-old patient who showed symptoms of swine flu here on Wednes....
  • Delhi sets up 10 teams to deal with swine flu
    New Delhi: Delhi Health Minister Kiran Walia on Tuesday said that 10 multi-disciplinary teams of experts had been set up to probe and confirm the outbreak of influenza A(H1N1) infection in the ....
  • Thousands take fish medicine amid swine flu scare
    Hyderabad: With seven cases of the infectious swine flu being reported from this Andhra Pradesh capital, health authorities are worried about the congregation of thousands of asthma patients fr....
  • India confirms one more swine flu case, total 11
    New Delhi: A 35-year-old man, who tested positive for influenza A (H1N1) and is undergoing treatment in Delhi, has transmitted the virus to his mother, taking the total number of swine flu case....
  • Two fresh cases of swine flu in India, total 10
    New Delhi: India on Sunday reported two fresh cases of swine flu taking the total number of confirmed people infected with the virus to 10 so far, health officials said. Those who tested positi....
  • NICD unit in Hyderabad to detect swine flu
    Hyderabad: With this southern Indian city reporting the highest number of influenza A (H1N1) cases in the country, the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD), New Delhi, has decided....
  • India confirms three new swine flu cases, total eight
    Hyderabad/New Delhi: India on Saturday reported three fresh cases of swine flu, including a woman and her four-and-a-half-year old daughter, in the Andhra Pradesh capital, taking the total conf....
  • Another swine flu case detected in India
    New Delhi: A man who had been visiting the US and Canada on a regular basis was tested positive for the influenza A(H1N1) virus, commonly known as swine flu, Indian health officials said on Wed....
  • Woman, son test positive for swine flu in India
    New Delhi: A 34-year-old woman and her five-year-old son who arrived in India from the US last week have tested positive for influenza A(H1N1) virus, commonly known as swine flu, health officia....
  • Swine flu drug spared from customs duty
    New Delhi: Customs duty on imported Tamiflu, the drug used for the treatment of H1N1 influenza or swine flu, has been lifted to create adequate stocks of the medicine in the country, the govern....
  • No swine flu worries while shooting in NY: Rensil d'Silva
    Mumbai: Director Rensil d'Silva shot a large part of his upcoming film starring Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Vivek Oberoi in New York last month and says there was no swine flu scare w....
  • UP reports first suspected swine flu case
    Lucknow: The first suspected case of swine flu in Uttar Pradesh was reported in Moradabad district after a brass exporter, who recently returned from Europe, was admitted to a hospital with sym....
  • Youth with swine flu symptoms admitted to hospital
    Kolkata: A youth, suspected to be afflicted with the H1N1 virus or swine flu, was admitted to a government hospital here and kept under observation in an isolation ward after he arrived here fr....
  • Patient tested positive for swine flu symptom free
    New Delhi: Indian health authorities today said the 23-year-old Hyderabad resident, who was detected with influenza A(H1N1) on his arrival from the US, has been found symptom free.

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  • 2 co-passengers of flu infected Indian under observation
    New Delhi: Two co-passengers of the 23-year-old Hyderabad resident, who had come from the US and was detected to be infected with influenza A(H1N1), commonly known as the swine flu, were today ....
  • India has its first swine flu patient
    New Delhi: A 23-year-old man, who arrived at Hyderabad airport from the US, has been found to be infected with influenza A (H1N1). This is the first case of swine flu in India, the health minis....
  • Swine flu created in lab accident, says Australian scientist
    Sydney: A Canberra researcher reckons the swine flu virus could have been created inadvertently by scientists working with eggs to grow new viruses and test new vaccines.

    Retired Aust....
  • Swine flu queries flood pork shop owners
    New Delhi: "Don't worry ma'am. India is not affected by swine flu. Therefore the pork that we sell is absolutely safe for consumption," replied the exasperated manager of a pork....
  • India free from swine flu virus: Official
    New Delhi: India continues to be free of the H1N1 swine flu virus, a health ministry official said here on Saturday.

    The official said 30 samples tested in in India were found negativ....
  • Rapid response required to fight new viruses: President
    Bangalore: President Pratibha Patil today said the country's health care systems needed to respond rapidly to contain new viruses that were mutating and spreading new strains of infections.....
  • Two billion people may get swine flu: WHO
    Geneva: A third of the world could potentially become infected with the new H1N1 influenza virus, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Thursday.

    "Looking at p....
  • Two techies quarantined in Bangalore for suspected swine flu
    Bangalore: Two Indian software professionals who landed here Thursday from the United States with respiratory infection have been quarantined for suspected swine flu or H1N1 influenza.

  • Awareness campaign against swine flu near India-Myanmar border
    Kamjong (Manipur): Veterinary doctors and other authorities have geared up to combat swine flu outbreak by launching awareness campaign among residents and by organising massive vaccination for....
  • India is free from swine flu: Health official
    New Delhi: "India is free from swine flu" as 20 clinical samples drawn from passengers with suspected influenza A(H1N1) infection have tested negative, a health official said today.
  • No swine flu in India, three suspects test negative
    New Delhi: India continues to be free from swine flu infection with three of the five people suspected to have influenza A (H1N1) testing negative for the disease, officials said toay.

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  • Swine flu fallout: Indore pig breeders ordered to leave
    Bhopal: Authorities in Madhya Pradesh's Indore city today asked pig breeders to move out within a day in view of the deadly swine flu virus that has prompted strict screening of passengers ....
  • Karnataka misses pork delicacies in time of swine flu
    Bangalore: It is said that a trip to Karnataka's picturesque hill district of Kodagu is incomplete if you don't sample the mouth watering pandi curry, a traditional pork dish. But with ....
  • Cabinet Secretary reviews steps to tackle swine flu
    New Delhi/Shillong: Cabinet Secretary K.M Chandershekhar held a video-conference with the Chief Secretaries of 17 States on Monday to review the steps taken by the State Governments in the face....
  • India intensifies flu surveillance as five new cases reported
    New Delhi: India today intensified measures to tackle any possible swine flu case from entering the country by beefing surveillance at border road posts, as five more people arriving from abroa....
  • Ahmedabad airport taking special care at flu screening
    New Delhi/Ahmedabad: While international airports in the country have beefed up screening of passengers to check for possible swine flu symptoms, authorities at Ahmedabad airport are taking esp....
  • Producer of 'Ghajini' detained for swine flu
    Mumbai: "Ghajini" producer Madhu Mantena was quarantined at the Mumbai airport briefly over swine flu fears, before it was found to be a false alarm.

    "Fortunately mine is ....
  • Two more flu symptoms in Delhi, tests ongoing
    New Delhi: A 28-year-old Indian girl returning from Frankfurt after a mountaineering trip and a 24-year-old boy from Detroit are the latest passengers to have been put on isolation for H1N1 flu....
  • All suspected cases of swine flu in India test negative
    New Delhi: Health authorities in India Saturday heaved a sigh of relief as the sixth and last sample of a London-based NRI, suspected to be suffering from swine flu, was found negative like tha....
  • Death of 1,200 pigs, 500 chicken reported in Maharashtra
    Bhusaval(Maharashtra): Around 1,200 pigs, 500 chicken and goats have died due to unidentified disease in last ten days in Jalgaon district, health officials reported.

    Though the exact....
  • Scientists racing against time to deliver swine flu test
    London: A team of genetic experts are racing against time to produce the world's first DNA test for the Mexican strain of swine flu that has led to scores of deaths and global panic.

  • Swine flu scare at Mumbai airport
    Mumbai: A traveller who landed from the UK early on Friday gave the health authorities some anxious moments as the screening drill for swine flu at Mumbai international airport got under way. T....
  • India ready to tackle swine flu, no case yet
    New Delhi: India is fully prepared to tackle influenza A (H1N1), popularly known as swine flu, health officials said here today. No case of swine flu has been reported in India yet.

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  • Delhi airport starts screening passengers for swine flu
    New Delhi: Doctors, paramedics and other health officials have started screening international passengers at the the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport here for the swine flu virus.
  • Man suspected of swine flu fails to turn up for tests
    Hyderabad: An NRI who landed here from Texas with suspected symptoms of swine flu has not turned up at a government-run hospital despite the advice of doctors. Now the health authorities are k....
  • Delhi airport tightens surveillance as swine flu spreads
    New Delhi: With swine flu fast spreading in many countries, India has decided to set up special counters at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport here to screen all passengers, officia....
  • India reviews preparations to tackle swine flu
    New Delhi: The Indian government today reviewed its preparations in the wake of the swine flu outbreak in various countries. The disease has already killed 152 people in Mexico, where it origi....
  • Indians advised against travelling to swine flu hit nations
    New Delhi: India today asked its citizens to avoid "non-essential travel" to swine flu affected New Zealand, Mexico, the US, Canada, Spain, France and Britain, and has put in place scanni....
  • 40,000 poultry culled in Assam after bird flu outbreak

    Guwahati: Authorities in Assam have culled some 40,000 poultry of an estimated 60,000 birds ordered to be killed after an outbreak of the deadly bird flu virus in the region, officials sai....

  • Cabinet amends Animal Bill, 2005
    New Delhi: The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for moving necessary amendments to the Prevention and Control of Infectious and Contagious Diseases in Animals Bill, 2005 pending in Rajya S....
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