Swine Flu India - News Update for 23rd September, 2009

Five deaths take India's swine flu toll to 262
Five swine flu deaths, including three in Karnataka, were reported Tuesday, taking India's total toll due to the contagious influenza A (H1N1) virus to 262, health authorities said here. Maharashtra, which tops the list of swine flu deaths and cases in the country, also reported one death, taking its total number of deaths to 107. Delhi recorded one death Tuesday.
Also, 324 new swine flu cases were reported in the country, taking the total number of people affected so far to 8,477.

Tamiflu now available over the counter
The world's only antiviral drug known to be effective against the deadly H1N1 swine flu virus, oseltamivir (Tamilfu), is now available at chemists near you. A total of 480 chemists have been allowed to sell the drug in India against prescription, of which 28 are in Delhi.
The chemists in Delhi who have been given licence to sell Tamilfu are based in Dilshad Garden, Pitampura, Gautam Nagar, Chanakyapuri, Vasant Kunj, Old Rajinder Nagar, Rajouri Garden, East Shalimar Bagh, Sarita Vihar, Kalkaji, Gole Market, Dwarka Sector 10 and Nehru Nagar.
The second line drug Zanamivir or Relenza, listed under Schedule X of the Drugs and Cosmetic Act, 2008, will also be available. However, the demand is expected to be for oseltamivir which is the first line drug.

Swine Flu India - news Update for 22nd September, 2009

10 New Deaths Takes Tally Up to 247

With the death of 10 more people on Monday, the total death toll due to Swine flu  has reached 247 even as 228 fresh cases of the viral disease were reported across the nation. With the fresh cases, the number of people infected by the virus has reached 8,153.

Of the total deaths, three were reported from Karnataka on Monday. With this, the toll due to H1N1 contagion climbed to 80 in the state. According to state health officials, the victims were all females, including a one-year-old from Gulbarga. She was admitted on September 15 at a private hospital in Gulbarga and died two days later. The other two were: a 22-year-old woman who died on September 14 and a 35-year-old woman who succumbed to the flu on September 16 at a government hospital in Bangalore. On Monday, 12 more people were confirmed positive for H1N1 in Karnataka. The total number of confirmed swine flu cases in the state has gone up to 899, the officials said.

Elsewhere in the country, seven more deaths were reported on Monday -- three each from Maharashtra and Gujarat and one from Andhra Pradesh. In Gujarat, social worker and leader of Medical Representatives Association Ambadas Shivaratri, (40) succumbed to the flu on Sunday night, hospital sources said. He was admitted to Munot-Sahyadri Hospital in Pune about a fortnight ago.

Swine Flu India - News Update for 18th September, 2009

No swine flu death for the first time in a month

No swine flu death was reported in the country today for the first time in a month but 208 more people tested positive with the virus. Delhi reported the maximum number of 53 cases followed by 46 in Tamil Nadu, 42 in Maharashtra, 22 each in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh and five in Uttarakhand, said a statement by the Union Health Ministry.
With today's cases, the total number of those afflicted by the disease has reached 7008 while the number of dead reached 214.