Archive for December 17th, 2009

At least four people died due to swine flu in Delhi Thursday, taking the toll due to Influenza A (H1N1) in the city to 52, authorities said. Though details of all victims were not available, a 25-year-old woman died of swine flu at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital.
 
Thursday, December 17th, 2009
Swine flu cases are continuing to fall as the second peak of the pandemic seems to be coming to an end.
MADISON (AP) - Four more people have died in Wisconsin from the swine flu.
After weeks of shortages, swine flu vaccine is plentiful enough that nearly half the states now say everyone can get it, not just people in high-risk groups.
The World Health Organization plans to start shipping swine flu vaccine to Azerbaijan, Afghanistan and Mongolia in the next few weeks, flu chief Keiji Fukuda said Thursday.
Senior World Health Organisation official Keiji Fukuda said Thursday that it was too early to declare the swine flu pandemic over, as it continues at "high levels" in parts of Europe and central Asia.
 
Thursday, December 17th, 2009
A nine-year-old child who had swine flu and underlying medical conditions has died, the Department of Health announces.
Senior World Health Organisation official Keiji Fukuda said Thursday that it was too early to declare the swine flu pandemic over, as it continues at "high levels" in parts of Europe and central Asia.
 
Thursday, December 17th, 2009
Jersey could be the only place in the world where the swine flu outbreak remains in the containment phase, the health department says.
A party-pooping public health expert in a top medical journal says Santa Claus needs to cut back on cookies, swap his sleigh for a treadmill and get a swine flu shot.