Tag: Swine Flu

Bhubaneswar: Fifteen more patients in Odisha, on Tuesday, tested positive of H1N1 virus taking the total number of swine flu positive patients across the State to 155. Out of the 30 sample of patients that were tested on Tuesday, 15 were confirmed positive of the viral infection- Keonjhar (4), Nayagarh (3), Khurda (2), Cuttack (2), […]

Bhubaneswar: Death toll due to swine flu reached nine when a woman patient succumbed to the disease at a Bhubaneswar-based private hospital on Monday. The deceased was identified as Rama Behera (67), a resident of Khurda. Out of 60 swab samples, 21 tested positive for swine flu. Six samples in Sum Hospital tested positive for […]

Bhubaneswar: There is no need to panic as Odisha government is taking all possible steps to tackle Swine Flu and dengue outbreak in State, said Health Secretary PK Meherda at a review meeting held here on Sunday. Meherda informed that Swine Flu has claimed eight lives in Odisha so far while adequate measures are being […]

Bhubaneswar: The swine flu toll in Odisha rose to eight with four persons succumbing to the disease on Friday. A person undergoing treatment at VIMSAR Medical College and Hospital in Burla succumbed to swine flu on August 11. The deceased hailed from Burdel village in Bargarh district. “We tried our best but unfortunately failed to […]

Bhubaneswar: Swine flu death toll today reached six in the State even as two doctors have tested positive for the virus. Authorities of the State’s Public Health department are now mulling to administer vaccine to medicos and medical staff deployed at the swine flu ward in hospitals. One patient of Bargarh died at VIMSAR hospital […]

Bhubaneswar: The number of deaths due to swine flu reached four in the state today with one more person succumbing to the disease. A woman, Santipriya, of Kotian village in Jagatsinghpur district died of the disease on Wednesday. Earlier, a person succumbed to the viral disease in Bhubaneswar whereas two others died while undergoing treatment […]

Bhubaneswar: Twelve more out of 29 swab samples tested positive for swine flu on Monday. Five men and seven women from four districts across Odisha have been tested positive for the virus. Eight among the persons affected with the H1N1 virus belong to Khurda while two are from Cuttack and one each from Sambalpur and […]

Bhubaneswar: With the swine flu cases increasing to 34 in the state, the State government today directed government as well as privately-run hospitals to keep special ward ready to treat persons affected with the H1N1 virus. The Public Health department issued special advisory to 15 privately-run hospitals asking them to set up separate screening facility […]

Bhubaneswar: The first Swine Flu casualty of the year was reported today with the death of person at a private hospital here even as the Health department claimed that it is fully prepared to tackle the situation in State. The deceased is from Visakhapatnam, but he temporarily resided in Bhubaneswar, Health Minister Pratap Jena said. […]

Bhubaneswar: Even though Odisha government is claiming that it is “fully prepared” to tackle the Swine Flu situation, the virus is spreading its tentacles unabated with six more persons being tested positive on Friday taking the total number to 24 in the last four days. A total of 16 samples were tested on August 4 […]

Bhubaneswar: The swine flu cases rose to 13 in State after another sample out of four was tested positive today. According to sources, till now 128 samples have been examined so far out of which 13 were tested positive. Meanwhile Health department said it is fully prepared to tackle the influenza. The patients are undergoing […]

Bhubaneswar: What could be an alarm bell for the Odisha government as many as 5 persons have been tested positive for Swine Flu in Bhubaneswar. According to sources, there are 4 women among the 5 who have tested positive. All the affected persons have reportedly been admitted to a private hospital in the capital city. […]

Bhubaneswar: Within 24 hours of death of a swine flu patient in the State capital, another person in the city, this time a doctor, tested positive for the H1N1 virus yesterday. With this new case, total number of persons affected with the virus reached five. The swab test of the doctor, who works at a […]

Bhubaneswar: The Public Health Directorate on Tuesday confirmed another swine flu patient in the State who is undergoing treatment at private hospital in Bhubaneswar. The number of patients rose to two in the State with the fresh case.

Rome: The rapid onset of African Swine Fever in China – the country’s first reported outbreak – and its detection in areas more than 1,000 km apart, could mean the deadly virus may spread to other Asian countries anytime, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned, urging regional cooperation to guard against the […]