15 cases of H1N1 reported in June

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   15 cases of H1N1 reported in June

Swine Flu reached epidemic proportions in January with 42 deaths and 1,946 cases reported in the city boundaries.

2:48 am Sporadic cases of H1N1 viral infection continue to be reported in the city, defying the perception that it is a winter ailment. The latest case is of a 32-year-old woman from Goregaon, who is critical and has been put on ventilator support at Kasturba Hospital. The disease reached epidemic proportions in January with 42 deaths and 1,946 cases reported in the city boundaries. However, by April end, the cases had declined until recently, when scattered cases are again being reported from Mumbai. The 32-year-old was first admitted to a private hospital in Goregaon on June 11 after she complained of fever, chills and sore throat. On June 12, she was shifted to tertiary-care Sion Hospital where her throat swab tested positive for H1N1 virus. “On Wednesday, we shifted her to Kasturba Hospital,” said Dr Minnie Khetarpal, head of epidemiology cell at BMC. She has been put on ventilator support in the hospital’s isolation facility. According to hospital sources the delay in proper treatment has worsened her condition.

Meanwhile, five members of another family have been put on Oseltamivir (a drug) treatment after throat swabs of four tested positive for H1N1 virus. The family has three of its members hospitalised. One other is being treated as an out-patient while the fifth is receiving treatment on precautionary basis. 

Dr Om Srivastava, head of infection disease department at Jaslok Hospital and also attached with Kasturba Hospital, said the natural history of the virus is indicating a gradual shift. “It is pretty obvious that temperature is no longer a criterion,” Srivastava said. According to BMC’s health department, 15 cases were recorded in the first two weeks of June. 

http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/15-cases-of-h1n1-reported-in-june/

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arirish Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: June 19 2013 Location: Arkansas Status: Offline Points: 39215	Post Options Post Reply Quote arirish Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: 15 cases of H1N1 reported in June Posted: June 19 2015 at 8:58am
	15 cases of H1N1 reported in June Swine Flu reached epidemic proportions in January with 42 deaths and 1,946 cases reported in the city boundaries. 2:48 am Sporadic cases of H1N1 viral infection continue to be reported in the city, defying the perception that it is a winter ailment. The latest case is of a 32-year-old woman from Goregaon, who is critical and has been put on ventilator support at Kasturba Hospital. The disease reached epidemic proportions in January with 42 deaths and 1,946 cases reported in the city boundaries. However, by April end, the cases had declined until recently, when scattered cases are again being reported from Mumbai. The 32-year-old was first admitted to a private hospital in Goregaon on June 11 after she complained of fever, chills and sore throat. On June 12, she was shifted to tertiary-care Sion Hospital where her throat swab tested positive for H1N1 virus. “On Wednesday, we shifted her to Kasturba Hospital,” said Dr Minnie Khetarpal, head of epidemiology cell at BMC. She has been put on ventilator support in the hospital’s isolation facility. According to hospital sources the delay in proper treatment has worsened her condition. Meanwhile, five members of another family have been put on Oseltamivir (a drug) treatment after throat swabs of four tested positive for H1N1 virus. The family has three of its members hospitalised. One other is being treated as an out-patient while the fifth is receiving treatment on precautionary basis. Dr Om Srivastava, head of infection disease department at Jaslok Hospital and also attached with Kasturba Hospital, said the natural history of the virus is indicating a gradual shift. “It is pretty obvious that temperature is no longer a criterion,” Srivastava said. According to BMC’s health department, 15 cases were recorded in the first two weeks of June. http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/15-cases-of-h1n1-reported-in-june/
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arirish Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: June 19 2013 Location: Arkansas Status: Offline Points: 39215	Post Options Post Reply Quote arirish Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June 19 2015 at 9:35am
	Two succumb to swine flu, 6 more infected PUNE: The H1N1 virus has reared its head once again with the onset of monsoon. On Thursday, six people tested positive in the state while two have died (one each in Pune and Kolhapur). The condition of three patients is critical and they have been put on ventilator support. The virus has claimed three lives and infected 31 since the beginning of this month. Of the six cases, three are from Mumbai, two from Kolhapur and one from Pune city. With this, the number of people infected with H1N1 in the state has reached 5,293 since January this year, said a state health official. The state has also reported two deaths in Pune and Kolhapur. "A 43-year-old woman from Hadapsar died at the Noble hospital on June 12. She was a diabetic and had hypertension. Her throat swab report confirmed swine flu. A man from Phulewadi village in Kolhapur district died at a hospital in Kolhapur on June 16. He had diabetes, hypertension and ischemic heart disease," the official said. About 538 people have succumbed to the flu in the state so far this year. "People exhibiting influenza like illness (ILI) has shown a marked increased since the beginning of this month. As many as 7,805 people suffering from influenza were screened on Wednesday (June 17). Of them, 90 were administered Tamiflu," said another state health official. The state has screened a total of 7.42 lakh people with ILI since the beginning of this year and administered Tamiflu to 56,495 of them. Vaccination along with precautionary measures like frequent hand washing, avoiding direct contact with people showing influenza-like symptoms, are vital to ward off the infection, said the official. The state health ministry recently accepted the recommendations of a technical committee which proposed vaccination of people falling in the high-risk category to counter the spread of the flu in Maharashtra. "We have asked the state government to focus more on educating and sensitizing people through mass media so that the spread of swine flu is contained during monsoon," said an expert from the committee. FLU STATISTICS This month Cases: 31 Deaths: 3 This year Cases: 5,293 Deaths: 538 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Two-succumb-to-swine-flu-6-more-infected/articleshow/47728003.cms
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	And it's not just spreading during warmer weather, but in the aftermath of a record breaking heatwave
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arirish Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: June 19 2013 Location: Arkansas Status: Offline Points: 39215	Post Options Post Reply Quote arirish Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: June 19 2015 at 1:18pm
	I wish they would give stats for the entire country instead of state by state! It's extremely hard to put together the whole picture! According to their scientists it has not mutated? Well something has changed!
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