Swine flu cases in uk reach 3000

Another 149 cases of swine flu have been confirmed in the UK, bringing the total to more than 2,900.

More than 100 patients under observation in England were confirmed with the virus on Tuesday, along with another 40 cases in Scotland.
The number of confirmed cases in the UK is 2,944, including 686 in Scotland.
The Health Protection Agency said a baby from County Durham has tested positive for swine flu at a hospital on Teesside and is in a stable condition.
About 30,000 cases of swine flu have so far been detected in 74 countries, and more than 140 people have died worldwide since March.
First fatality
A Department of Health spokesman said: "The cases of swine flu found in the UK have so far been generally mild in most people, but are proving to be severe in a small minority of cases.
"We are continuing to work to slow the spread of the disease and to put in place arrangements to ensure that the UK is well-placed to deal with this new infection."
The swine flu virus claimed its first victim in the UK last week, after a female patient died in a Scottish hospital.
The victim was a woman aged 38 who gave birth prematurely while being treated at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley.
The baby with swine flu is aged less than a year and has been admitted to North Tees Hospital, in Stockton, and given anti-viral drugs.
As a precautionary measure, family members and staff who were in close contact with the baby have also been offered the Tamiflu drug.

Swine flu new cases in India

Five more persons, including three in the national capital, tested positive for swine flu on Tuesday as the total number of cases nationwide rose to 68.
One case in Delhi is that of a human to human transmission while the others in the city who were detected with the virus are women, a senior Health Ministry official said. The other two cases are from Bangalore and Hyderabad.
The human to human transmission case is that of a 15- year-old man who got the infection from a family member who was earlier detected as positive.
The other cases in the city are that of a 58-year-old woman, who travelled from the US, and a 23-year-old woman, who reached from Canada.
With this, the number of cases in Delhi has risen to 29. Yesterday, two persons were tested positive for the virus from the city, which has reported the highest number of swine flu cases in the country so far.
The case from Bangalore is that of 25-year-old man who came to the southern city yesterday while a 30-year-old woman, who came from the US, tested positive for the disease in Hyderabad.
"Out of the 68 cases, 41 have been discharged. Rest of the patients are admitted to the identified health facilities across the country," the official said.
The WHO reported 52,160 laboratory confirmed cases of A/H1N1 influenza infection from 99 countries till yesterday. There have been 231 deaths due to swine flu.
In India, health screening of passengers coming from affected countries is continuing in 22 international airports.
Till yesterday, 45,493 passengers have been screened of which 27,906 passengers were from affected countries.
In Goa, samples of two suspected swine flu patients in have been sent for testing at the National Institute of Communicable Diseases in Delhi.
"The mother-son duo has been quarantined and the report of their samples is awaited," an official said.
The 32-year-old son had arrived from US on June 2 and developed flu-like symptoms after few days, the official said, adding his mother (50), who lives in Goa, also showed similar symptoms later.

In India swine flu cases

Six people including two children tested positive for the influenza A(H1N1) virus Friday, taking the total number of people affected with swine flu in India to 50. At least 16 of them have been discharged from the hospitals on complete recovery.

'Six new cases of swine flu have been reported - three from Delhi, two from Bangalore and one from Mumbai. All of them have been quarantined at identified health facilities and their contacts are being traced,' a health ministry statement said.

'Of the 50 cases, 16 have been discharged. Rest of the patients are all stable and remain admitted to the identified health facilities,' it added.

In Delhi, a nine-year-old boy who returned from the US June 11 tested positive. He reported himself to the hospital after he developed swine flu-like symptoms June 17. A 28-year-old man who travelled from Egypt June 13 also tested positive for swine flu.

In the third case, a 66-year-old mother contracted swine flu from her son, who had tested positive June 17.

'Delhi has reported three new swine flu cases, including one of human-to-human transfer. We now have 12 swine flu cases in various hospitals in the capital. We are now focusing on containing the secondary infection spreading in the capital,' Delhi Health Secretary J.P. Singh told IANS.

The capital accounts for four of the five human-to-human transfer cases in the country.

A two-year-old boy who travelled from the US and reached Bangalore June 14 has tested positive for swine flu. The second case in that city was of a 36-year-old man who travelled from Germany and reached Bangalore June 14. He reported to an identified health facility June 17 and has tested positive.

A 36-year-old male who travelled from New Jersey, US, and reached Mumbai June 15 has also tested positive with swine flu.

So far samples of 407 people have been tested, of which 50 have been tested positive. Among these people, 128 were identified through health screening at international airports, 15 through contact tracing and the rest were samples from people who self-reported.

Ministry officials said that among the 31 school children in Jalandhar who returned from the US, 14 children continues to be under medication. Eight of them so far tested positive. They have responded to treatment.

'The remaining children and at least 296 contacts are under chemoprophylaxis. Surveillance in the community for fever cases is on. As of now, no case has been reported among the contacts,' a health ministry official said.

Meanwhile, health authorities are likely to quarantine a family in Chandigarh as one of its members, who recently returned from the US, was suspected to have swine flu.

According to health officials, a 70-year-old woman, who returned from the US June 14 with her two grandchildren, approached the doctors with complaints of sneezing and a sore throat Thursday. Considering her travel history, she was admitted to the government hospital in Sector 32.

The World Health Organisation has reported 44,287 laboratory confirmed cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection from 89 countries as June 17. There have been 180 deaths.