India Again Hit By Swine Flu with Beginning of Monsoon

June 29, 2010

Submitted by Olivia Conroy on Tue, 06/29/2010 - 13:53

Once again, with the commencing of monsoon, the swine flu infection has hit

India with a number of cases accumulating. It has been reportedly said that 345

H1N1 cases have been detected from last week from June 21-27. Also, the

infection has claimed as many as 17 deaths, in this week.

It has also been confirmed that none of the case is from foreign countries and

all have originated from the country itself.

The number is higher as compared to the figure reported last week i.e., 168

positive cases with 14 deaths from June 8-14.

This has made it evident that the infection has spread to the parts, which were

not affected last year. Following the re-emergence of the virus, in order to

check the preparation of the nation for fighting back the disease, the Cabinet

Secretary held a meeting on Monday.

In the meeting, the Union Health Ministry's officials, along with Health

Secretary, K Sujatha Rao and ICMR Director-General, Dr. V M Katoch were present.

It was then concluded that H1N1 has gripped the country, it is prevalent that

the flu will very soon take the place of the seasonal flu causing fever, cough

and cold.

It is a worrying fact that the flu needs to be treated with Tamiflu, otherwise

the rate of deaths from the virus is much more than the rate in case of seasonal

flu.

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