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Two doses of H1N1 flu vaccine for kids

November 3, 2009 Health

Washington: Children under the age of 9 will need two doses of H1N1 flu vaccine to be fully protected, said a report. In the mean time, up to 30 million doses of vaccine against the pandemic H1N1 flu have been delivered to the U.S. government and production is now picking up. According to the reports, [...]

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India’s Swine Flu death toll touches 473, with 13,861 affected nationwide

November 2, 2009 Health

New Delhi:With 8 more death due to swine flu on Saturday, India’s swine flu death toll has reached 473, health authorities said. The total number of people affected by H1N1 has gone upto 13,861. With the four deaths in Maharashtra, the toll in the state has gone up to 201, the highest in the country. [...]

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Tested positive for swine flu, Modi’s health is improving

November 2, 2009 Health

Ahmedabad:Chief Minister Narendra Modi is suffering from swine flu and doctors attending on Modi said the swine flu virus has an incubation period of seven days. CM spent most of the week in Ahmedabad and Vadodara before leaving for Russia. A state government official, who is tracking the infection, said, “Investigation s are pointing towards [...]

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Swine flu toll rises to 457

October 29, 2009 Health

New Delhi: Six swine flu deaths, including four from Puducherry and one death each from Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, were reported on Wednesday, taking the toll due to Influenza A (H1N1) virus in India to 457, health authorities said here. So far, five people have died in Puducherry due to the virus. With one more [...]

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Swine flu kills two more people

October 27, 2009 Health

Mumbai: Two more persons from Maharashtra and Puducherry succumbed to swine flu even as 104 fresh cases of the disease were reported from across the country. With this, the total number of deaths nationwide has risen to 451, Health Ministry officials said. Kerala recorded the highest number of cases today with 42 followed by Delhi [...]

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Swine Flu toll reaches to 444, one death in Maharashtra

October 27, 2009 Health

New Delhi: Swine Flu toll has reached to 444 with one more death in Maharashtra. The total number of those afflicted with the disease has reached 13,370, the sources said. In the mean time, till date, samples from 70,650 people have been tested for swine flu and 18.9 per cent of them have been found [...]

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Swine Flu death toll reaches 444

October 26, 2009 Health

Mumbai: 49 fresh cases of swine flu were reported from across the country with one more person becoming a victim to the deadly flu. The swine flu toll have reached 444 countrywide. Karnataka recorded the highest number of cases today with 15 followed by Delhi (13), Maharashtra (10) and Kerala (5). The total number of [...]

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India’s swine flu death toll reaches 427, 7 more dead

October 22, 2009 Health

New Delhi: The health ministry statement said country’s swine flu death toll has reached 427 with 7 new deaths being reported on Wednesday. Also, 61 new cases were reported in the country, taking the total number of people affected with the flu to 13,030. ‘Till date, samples from 68,919 people have been tested for the [...]

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Two more die of swine flu, 93 fresh cases

October 21, 2009 Health

One person died each in Maharashtra and Himachal Pradesh taking the total number of those dead due to swine flu to 415. One death has also been reported from Delhi, but is yet to be confirmed. Of the 93 fresh cases, 10 were reported from Delhi, 16 from Karnataka, 18 from Tamil Nadu, 33 from [...]

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Punjab’s first swine flu case

October 20, 2009 Health

Punjab has reported its first victim, a 48 year old woman, for H1N1 which has been responsible for many deaths in the country. The patient was admitted to a private hospital on Sunday morning. Her throat and nasal swab samples were sent to PGIMER (Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research) in Chandigarh for tests [...]

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