SWINE FLU

Swine flu – a viral disease caused by H1N1 virus is wide spread in India .Almost about five deaths have been reported in Bangalore.It has now spread to Bihar where a case in which a bihari IAS cadre officer has been affected has been reported but patna medical college hospital(PMCH) denies this.They are saying that they didn’t receive any such report from National Institute of Communicable Diseases(NICD) where samples collected from bihar are sent for testing .

Dr.Vijay kumar from PMCH microbiology department and also a nodal officer for sample collection is saying that 8 samples have been sent to NICD but they didn’t receive any report yet. Dr Arun K Jha State nodal officer and senior health also says that they have not received any positive results in the suspected cases across the bihar.He is saying that there are no such reports until Tuesday and any of such reports are communicated to PCMH , first since the test samples has been sent to NICD.
PMCH superintendent Dr O P Choudhary also said that so far they didn’t receive any positive reports regarding swine flu and also they are not aware of any such reports , until now. But the unknown health department official is saying that,PMCH officials and doctors on Monday had been telephonically informed from NICD about the positive case of an IAS cadre officer. And he said that he didn’t understand why officials are denying this.

The first swine flu case has been reported in Patna but the officials are denying it. The total death toll in India rises to 28 and the suspected cases are also increasing. In Mumbai the swine flu crosses the city limits and is spreading to neighboring citie and towns. Whereas in Puducherry the total number of cases are around 8.Bangalore is the second largest city where the no. of deaths due to swine flu is more after Pune where the death toll raises to 13.

56 cases have been reported so far in West Bengal. A source said that a niece of former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly, 11-year-old Sneha, was stable and making satisfactory progress at the swine flu isolation ward of M.R.Bagur Hospital in Kolkata. There have been no deaths so far due to swine flu in West Bengal. Infected people are stable and doing well.2 cases have been reported in Orissa but no deaths has been reported so far.

The vaccine for swine flu has developed by a Chinese group at china’s Sinovac Biotech , it is very effective after just one shot ,says a source . Leading flu vaccine makers including Sanofi-Aventis , GlaxoSmithKline , Novartis , Baxter , CSL and Solvay are racing to develop a vaccine against swine flu. Sinovac is saying that there are no adverse reactions for this vaccines and one dose is enough to attain immunity. Regulators around the world will approve this vaccine only by the next month since it has to be tested widely and checkout its adverse effects on children and adults. It is predicted that swine flu may affect two billion people all over the world and on June 11 it has been declared as a pandemic.

But a source says that there is no need to be panic about swine flu since it is same as any other flu and a good treatment makes an easy recovery from this disease.
SWINE FLU


Swine flu – a viral disease caused by H1N1 virus is wide spread in India .Almost about five deaths have been reported in Bangalore.It has now spread to Bihar where a case in which a bihari IAS cadre officer has been affected has been reported but patna medical college hospital(PMCH) denies this.They are saying that they didn’t receive any such report from National Institute of Communicable Diseases(NICD) where samples collected from bihar are sent for testing .

Dr.Vijay kumar from PMCH microbiology department and also a nodal officer for sample collection is saying that 8 samples have been sent to NICD but they didn’t receive any report yet. Dr Arun K Jha State nodal officer and senior health also says that they have not received any positive results in the suspected cases across the bihar.He is saying that there are no such reports until Tuesday and any of such reports are communicated to PCMH , first since the test samples has been sent to NICD.
PMCH superintendent Dr O P Choudhary also said that so far they didn’t receive any positive reports regarding swine flu and also they are not aware of any such reports , until now. But the unknown health department official is saying that,PMCH officials and doctors on Monday had been telephonically informed from NICD about the positive case of an IAS cadre officer. And he said that he didn’t understand why officials are denying this.

The first swine flu case has been reported in Patna but the officials are denying it. The total death toll in India rises to 28 and the suspected cases are also increasing. In Mumbai the swine flu crosses the city limits and is spreading to neighboring citie and towns. Whereas in Puducherry the total number of cases are around 8.Bangalore is the second largest city where the no. of deaths due to swine flu is more after Pune where the death toll raises to 13.

56 cases have been reported so far in West Bengal. A source said that a niece of former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly, 11-year-old Sneha, was stable and making satisfactory progress at the swine flu isolation ward of M.R.Bagur Hospital in Kolkata. There have been no deaths so far due to swine flu in West Bengal. Infected people are stable and doing well.2 cases have been reported in Orissa but no deaths has been reported so far.

The vaccine for swine flu has developed by a Chinese group at china’s Sinovac Biotech , it is very effective after just one shot ,says a source . Leading flu vaccine makers including Sanofi-Aventis , GlaxoSmithKline , Novartis , Baxter , CSL and Solvay are racing to develop a vaccine against swine flu. Sinovac is saying that there are no adverse reactions for this vaccines and one dose is enough to attain immunity. Regulators around the world will approve this vaccine only by the next month since it has to be tested widely and checkout its adverse effects on children and adults. It is predicted that swine flu may affect two billion people all over the world and on June 11 it has been declared as a pandemic.

But a source says that there is no need to be panic about swine flu since it is same as any other flu and a good treatment makes an easy recovery from this disease.