Archive for December 6th, 2009

Jaipur, Dec 6 (PTI) With the spread of swine flu in parts of the state, the virus today claimed three more lives in Rajasthan, raising the death toll to 72, health officials said here.
Nine swine flu deaths were reported on Sunday, including four from Rajasthan, the toll due to influenza A (H1N1) virus in India to 627, health authorities said here.
A cinema has banned adoring Twighlight fans from kissing a cardboard cutout of leading man Robert Pattinson because it could spread swine flu.
One more case of swine flu was confirmed in Himachal Pradesh Sunday taking the tally in the state to 14, a health official said. Deputy Medical Superintendent of the Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital Ramesh Chand told IANS that a middle-aged woman has tested positive.
Government seeks advice on smaller doses after European Medicines Agency warns of temperatures topping 38C Children who have been given a second injection of the vaccine against swine flu could develop a fever, European medical officials warned today. The European Medicines Agency (EMEA) says parents and doctors should monitor the temperature of children who have received their second dose. The ...
The Collier County Health Department will expand its H1N1 (swine) flu vaccine clinics to high-risk groups as defined by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention and the Florida Department of Health.
GAZA CITY - Five people in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip were confirmed Sunday to have contracted swine flu, the first cases of the virus in the blockaded coastal enclave, officials said.
Ludhiana, Dec 6 (PTI) A woman who had returned from England a few days back and her son have died of suspected swine flu at Christian Medical College Hospital (CMCH) here.
One person died Sunday of swine flu in the capital, taking the toll of deaths due to the influenza A (H1N1) virus in Delhi to 30, a health department official said.
Lucknow, Dec 6 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh government today directed all Chief Medical Officers and medical superintendents of government hospitals to ensure all measures to check swine flu and provide its treatment.