Thursday, December 17, 2009

Swine Flu Status in India

NEW DELHI - The swine influenza continues to create havoc in India, with a record 18 deaths Wednesday, while the total tax debt to the flu (H1N1) to 747, health authorities said here.

It was also reported 272 new cases in the country. with the total number of people affected by the flu is contagious 22,496.

While seven deaths were reported in Maharashtra, two deaths were reported in Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and the national capital. One death was reported also from Kerala.

The seven deaths in Maharashtra, the total number of people who have succumbed to the flu has risen to 247 The State continues to lead the list of messages that the maximum number of deaths in thecountry. Followed by Rajasthan, where 102 people have died so far.

In the national capital, two people died on Wednesday, while the total number of deaths due to influenza A (H1N1) in the 48th

The victims were 39-year-old woman and 50-year-old man.

"With these two deaths, the total number of deaths is 48 in New Delhi, Anjana Prakash, another officer handling cases of swine flu in Delhi, said IANSA.

The woman was admitted to Safdarjung Hospital, while the man was in the Lok Nayak Jaiprakash Narain Hospital.

New Delhi also registered 169 new cases of swine flu on Wednesday. Of these, 98 children. Takes place in the cumulative total number of cases of swine flu in the capital and in 7811, said Prakash.

To date, samples from 99,472 people were evidence of influenza (H1N1) in public and private institutions in various laboratories around the country and 22,496 of them were positive statement issued here said.

The new cases were registered in the heart of Uttar Pradesh (32), Haryana (24), Madrid (23), Rajasthan (21) and Gujarat (11).

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

What Precautions You Can Take in Swine Flu

We are now (more |) more vulnerable to various strains of influenza virus. At first we were terrified of the bird flu virus, but in recent swine influenza has become more worried. Swine flu is more serious than the bird flu ever. There are fears that bird flu could change in voltage that would infect humans, but a few cases, but this did not materialize. Swine influenza was more relaxed, he has the ability to pass between people, so it is a very serious threat.

Swine influenza (flu (H1N1) is a disease that attacks the pigs is the result of the influenza virus. Outbreaks of swine fever flu is not unusual and is rarely fatal. In the past, swine influenza is not normally infect humans, but can sometimes happen.

Swine flu is very dangerous because it is a new type of virus. This is dangerous because no one has been exposed to this strain of flu before and that nobody has built immunity to this strain of flu. For us it is built immunity to prevent diseases from becoming life threatening, have no immunity to the virus of swine influenza, a serious danger. Absolutely everyone is vulnerable, including healthy adults and adolescents, and young children and the elderly.

The real concern is what happens when flu season begins in winter. This is when the virus can spread rapidly to cause an influenza pandemic with the potential for more than half the population may be infected.

The symptoms of swine flu symptoms are similar to seasonal flu. They may include sudden onset of fever, cough, shortness of breath. Other symptoms that may occur include headache, sore throat, muscle aches, chills, sneezing, runny nose, loss of appetite and fatigue.

Preventive measures to be someone with a cold or flu symptoms should be taken in a few simple but important steps. Influenza virus is transmitted between people by droplets from the nose and mouth when sneezing and a cough. This is the way of virus spread from person to person. Holding his nose and mouth, his hands when sneezing or coughing is not enough. Bacteria live on the hands, and everything that happens after contact infected. Anyone who touches you touch something and then take the risk of viral infection. Therefore, always use a cloth or tissue. Tissue is better, it should be removed as soon as possible, try to use the new tissue when sneezing or coughing again.

At this point, vaccination is not someone stop hunting fever flu. Swine influenza virus is a new virus strain, and not the same as seasonal flu. Vaccination against normal seasonal flu is not effective against influenza virus in pigs. Although the strain of flu virus which causes swine flu identified, it will take several months to produce. At that time, it can be changed into another strain again.

The only real effective measures against swine flu is Tamiflu. Tamiflu is not guaranteed to prevent flu, but when a person is exposed to another person swine influenza virus may help prevent the virus that person is sick. If Tamiflu is taken within two days of developing flu, may help stop the spread of virus throughout the body, thereby reducing the symptoms and risks. Governments around the world, the intensity of Tamiflu, the stocks, of course, used to treat essential workers and people before starting treatment in the general population.

Friday, December 4, 2009

Swine Flu Vaccine is for everyone

As of next week to health departments in the state of Mecklenburg, Cabarrus and Gaston counties to provide an H1N1 flu vaccine for those who want it.

So far, and limited supplies of vaccine for persons at high risk for complications from influenza. But health officials say the cargo of a vaccine has become abundant in recent weeks, and that vaccines could be open to everyone.

Has decreased the incidence of this disease across the country in recent weeks, although the disease is still widespread, and federal health officials said. At the same time increase the H1N1 vaccine available.

D. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it's the perfect time for people to get vaccinated before a possible new wave of bird develops this winter. "It's really an opportunity to get vaccinated," Frieden said in a press conference in Atlanta this week.

Frieden added that the people who think they should consider the H1N1 flu vaccine still has.

"This does not mean you're protected," adding that "a lot of people may think they have a (H1N1) bird flu may not be. It may be a virus. There are a lot of viruses going around, and respiratory viruses."

Charlotte area, health officials encourage people to contact the offices of doctors and pharmacies, which can provide a vaccine better now than it has been for weeks.

People at risk from complications of flu are encouraged to get a vaccine. These groups of children and young adults up to 24 years, pregnant women and chronically ill, people who live with or care for children under the age of 6 months, health workers and first responders to medical emergencies.

Children under the age of 9 years and recommended two doses of vaccine about one month at a time. Older children and adults need only one dose.

In addition to receiving the vaccine, health officials point to the practice of good hygiene to prevent spread of flu. Include frequent washing of hands, for your cough and staying home when sick.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

List of death from swine flu in UK

This list has been compiled from publicly reported deaths in UK newspapers. It does not include

those swine flu deaths for which no details have been given.

TOTAL (as of November 26th): UK - 240, Scotland 41, Northern Ireland 13, Wales 23, England 163 (Source: HPA).

The number of deaths now means it's not possible to keep this list going. It remains however as an archive of the first 150 or so deaths.

14 June 2009 - First death - Jacqui Fleming, 38/39 died giving birth at Carnwadric, south Glasgow (UHPs*)
15 June 2009 - Jack Fleming, son of Jacqui, dies
29 June 2009 - man, 73, Paisley, Scotland (UHPs) - second Scottish death
30 June 2009 - Girl, Sameerah Ahmad, 6, Birmingham (UHPs)
30 June 2009 - Girl, 9 (family asked details to be private), Birmingham
3 July 2009 - Man, 19, South London. Serious UHPs (first to die in London)
5 July 2009 - Abdullah Patel, 42, Dewsbury, Yorks (UHPs - lung and kidney problems)
6 July 2009 - Asmaa Hussain, Dewsbury, Yorkshire
7 July 2009 - Girl, 9, Lambeth, London (serious UHPs)
7 July 2009 - Man, 80, London
8 July 2009 - Baby aged six months at Royal Free Hospital, London (UHPs)
9 July 2009 - Chloe Buckley, 6/7, West London (septic shock as a result of tonsilitis)
9 July 2009 - Dr Michael Day, Luton, 64 (UHPs - heart disease, high blood pressure, viral pnuemonia)
10 July 2009 - healthy man, Basildon, Essex
15 July 2009 - Woman, London (UHPs)
15 July 2009 - woman tourist visiting Inverness, Scotland (significant UHPs). It is not said from which country (America?) the tourist came.
17 July 2009 - person dies in West Midlands - no other details given
17 July 2009 - pregnant woman, 39, Whipps Cross, East London. Baby later dies. Mother and baby said to have UHPs
17 July 2009 - Woman, Ruptara Miah, 39, at Leytonstone (just given birth)
21 July 2009 - Girl, 15, Glasgow, Scotland (UHPs) - fourth scottish victim
22 July 2009 - man, no age given. West Midlands. No UHPs
29 July 2009 - Newham (East London). Person dies (UHPs) - no other details given
31 July 2009 - Girl, 8, London (UHPs)
31 July 2009 - Man in London (UHPs)
2 August 2009 - Godfrey Armstrong, Penwortham, Preston, Lancs, 55. No UHPs.
4 August 2009 - Soldier Lee Porter, Bisley, Surrey, 30 (no UHPs)
8 August 2009 - man, 26, Glasgow (fifth scottish death). Significant UHPs
9 August 2009 - Madelynne Butcher, 18, Southampton
14 August 2009 - adult dies in Birmingham (UHPs)
15 August 2009 - woman, 55, from Caerphilly, Wales (first Welsh victim)
22 August 2009 - Caroline Hoy, 39, Northern Ireland (First Northern Ireland victim - also suffering from cancer)
23 August 2009 - Farhin Essa, 15, Preston, Lancs. No mention of UHPs.
24 August 2009 - woman, 59, Islay, Argyll, Scotland (UHPs) - sixth scottish death
28 August 2009 - man, 52, Edinburgh; "significant UHPs" - seventh in Scotland
28 August 2009 - adult in Birmingham. Trust would not disclose age, sex or location
5 September 2009 - Boy, 7, Strood, Kent - later said not to be swine flu
11 September 2009 - Man, 53, Fife, Scotland - eighth Scottish death
15 September 2009 - Baby (Dept of Health wouldn't give age or sex) dies in Northern Ireland (second victim there). Some confusion in news reports over whether this was a swine flu death but it appears to have been included in that week's HPA figures. UHP - heart condition.
17 September 2009 - Woman dies in Lothians, Scotland - ninth Scottish victim ("significant UHPs")
20 September 2009 - Corina Richie, 21, from South Belfast, Northern Ireland - died while holidaying on Ibiza. No UHPs.
22 September 2009 - Louise Jones, 24, from Leigh, Greater Manchester. No UHPs. Announced 10 now dead from swine flu virus in NW.
1 October 2009 - Woman, 62, Forth Valley, Scotland ("significant UHPs) - tenth Scottish victim
1 October 2009 - Fifth Yorkshire victim dies - no other details given.
6 October 2009 - Child "under the age of three", from Lisburn or Co Down, Northern Ireland.
6 October 2009 - Child (no age given) in Hemsworth, West Yorks - "serious UHPs"
7 October 2009 - Aaron McBride from Killinchy, 12, died in Ulster hospital - "serious UHPs"
7 October 2009 - Woman, 43, from Carmarthenshire, Wales
9 October 2009 - Pregnant woman, 21, from Monmouthshire, Wales (baby safe and well).
11 October 2009 - A 42-year-old man from Glasgow (UHPs)
11 October 2009 - A 75-year-old man from Grampian region of Scotland. UHPs.
13 October 2009 - A 48-year-old man from Glasgow
13 October 2009 - A Fife woman aged 81
12 October 2009 - Maisie Price, aged eight, from Norwich, Norfolk. No UHPs.
14 October 2009 - A 41-year-old woman, from Neath Port Talbot, Wales.
14 October 2009 - Pregnant Denise Murray of Hawick, Roxburghshire, 17, and her baby dies, from Borders, Scotland,
15 October 2009 - David Hayes, 29, Llysfaen, north wales (died while on holiday in Spain)
17 October 2009 - Orla O'Kane, 14, Western Health Trust area, Northern Ireland
21 October 2009 - 59-year-old woman from Fife
21 October 2009 - Ashleigh Lynch, 14, Derry, Northern Ireland
21 October 2009 - Man, 69, Northern Ireland
21 October 2009 - Person (sex not stated) in Northern Ireland - bringing total in NI to ten
21 October 2009 - 58-year-old woman from Borders region of Scotland ("significant UHPs")
22 October 2009 - Two more deaths reported in Wales - no details yet. Brings Welsh total to seven
22 October 2009 - Sixteen-year-old boy from Glasgow
22 October 2009 - 54-year-old woman from Glasgow
22 October 2009 - 77-year-old man from Glasgow
22 October 2009 - 47-year-old woman from Fife
23 October 2009 - An 81-year-old woman at Paisley's Royal Alexandra Hospital, Scotland ("significant UHPs")
23 October 2009 - A 50-year-old woman at Glasgow's Western Infirmary ("significant UHPs")
27 October 2009 - Father Edward O'Toole, of St Edward RC Church and St Cuthbert's RC Church, Wigan contracted the disease while visiting the Catholic shrine at Fatima, Portugal. Aged 47.
29 October 2009 - A person in Wales (no other details given). Brings total deaths in Wales to eight.
31 October 2009 - 3 deaths in Scotland (Glasgow and Ayshire)
2 November 2009 - Elderly man in Fife
3 November 2009 - Two Ayrshire residents
6 November 2009 - Adult dies in Ayrshire and Arran area of Scotland. "gender has not been revealed for reasons of confidentiality", said to have a “significant” underlying health condition.
12 November 2009 - Man, 67, from Hutton Row, Westoe, South Shields
14 November 2009 - Adult from Greater Glasgow and Clyde area, Scotland (UHPs)
14 November 2009 - Adult from Dumfries and Galloway area, Scotland (UHPs)

* UHPs - Underlying Health Problems
Source => http://swine-flue-virus.blogspot.com

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Disneyland prevent swine flu for tourism

Piglet is not alone in taking precautions against swine flu in these days of Disney parks.

Disney officials are trying to make it easy for visitors and workers in the spread of disease by Hand Sanitizer dispensers town. The machines were installed in early November, "said Suzi Brown, Disneyland Resort spokesman.

About 20 million visitors annually, and the parks in Anaheim potential spread of H1N1 virus is sufficient to: Excited children hugging Mickey Mouse and Cinderella. Thousands of guests on board vehicle trips per day. Food retailers are everywhere.

It is also a problem in other amusement parks around the country: Universal Orlando Resort offers more Hand Sanitizer. Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, set the advisory signs in toilets and hand sanitizers that the New York Times story.

Knott's Berry Farmisn't to do something different this flu season, not only to monitor the health standards, said Jennifer Blazey, Knott's spokeswoman.

Disneyland Resort includes the following steps:

* Hand Sanitizer dispensers at key locations such as Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure entrances, close to nature and the large areas and hotel lobbies. Parks has a total of 16 position.
* Customers can Hand Sanitizer $ 1 buy-in 60 localities theme parks. Reminder signs are free-dispenser locations.
* Brochure includes information on the bottle and places of flu prevention tips.
* Workers are adding a cleaning drinking fountains, telephones and other surfaces often discussed.
* Employees who have given us a regular guest Hand Sanitizer. Hotel room cleaners and custodians have to use gloves.

Tommy Henderson, the Rialto, the Disney annual pass, said he and his family plan to use sanitizer stations, when they visit the park later this Mon

"I believe in sanitizer (t) is a good idea. They should also be placed in the toilet," said the Rialto is the e-mail. "I think it's just a matter of time before Disney can really do a bit of cleaning stations more attractive and perhaps the subject sites. You know something about public safety have been introduced in the park, we are going to sit on them forever. I do not see this taking off in a few months of a pandemic H1N1 scare suddenly goes away. "

Check later this week to report, what else Disney is doing - or not - of its employees in connection swine flu.