At least six more people died of Swine Flu on October 2, taking the death toll in India to 335. Two deaths each reported from Maharashtra, Gujarat and Karnataka. Maharashtra leads the Swine Flu death toll in the country with 132 casualties so far. Karnataka has accounted for 98 deaths now. 34 people have died of A H1N1 in Gujarat. Despite its best efforts, the government has not been able to contain Swine Flu.
158 fresh Swine Flu cases were reported across the country, taking the number of affected people to 10,533. Maharashtra reported 45 cases, while Delhi reported 36 cases. Total Swine Flu affected people in Maharashtra now stand at 2,907, while Delhi is not far behind with 2,730 confirmed cases.
Fresh cases of Swine Flu were also reported from Karnataka (24), Andhra Pradesh (17), Tamil Nadu (6), Kerala (15), and Haryana (7). Sevral other states reported one or two cases each.
Vaccine for the H1N1 flu will begin arriving in the nation’s hospitals, clinics and schools as early as Tuesday, the start of an effort to protect Americans against a swine flu virus that emerged this past spring and quickly circled the globe.
Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says the effort ushers in a “challenging few weeks” for health officials.
That’s an understatement.
In a task worthy of a deadly serious video game, state health departments have to organize thousands of workers at 90,000 sites nationwide to administer as many as 250 million doses in three to four months, making sure the people at greatest risk from swine flu — such as pregnant women, young children and health care workers — are first in line.
On top of the logistics, health officials have to convince a somewhat skeptical public that swine flu vaccinations are necessary. ...Read the entire article...
A 14-year-old girl from Baltimore City is the state’s ninth death from the swine flu.
Relatives of 14-year-old Destinee Parker tell the Baltimore Sun that the teenager died after being hospitalized last week for both the swine flu and double pneumonia.
Officials of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene confirmed the death, but do not release the teen’s identity.
Officials say the death is the second person under 18 to die from H1N1, and the teen did not have any underlying medical condition.
The girl was an eighth grader at Montebello Elementary/Middle School. The school system last week cleaned the building according to city health department regulations.
The teen’s father told WBAL-TV that he was upset that his daughter was publicly identified.
Baltimore City Public Schools CEO Dr. Andres Alonso confirmed the death in the following statement: ...Read the entire article...
A woman has become the 10th person with swine flu to die in Scotland.
The 62-year-old from the Forth Valley NHS area had “significant underlying health conditions”, health officials said.
The death was reported as new figures revealed the number of people thought to have swine flu in Scotland has almost doubled in the past week.
Estimates suggest that almost 13,800 people caught the H1N1 bug last week compared with about 7,000 the previous week.
Scottish Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said: ...Read the entire article...
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A 23-year-old soldier from Florida who was in basic training is the Army’s first death from complications of swine flu, officials said Thursday.
The death at Fort Jackson, the Army’s largest training camp and just outside Columbia, may be the first such loss among the nation’s 1.4 million men and women in uniform.
Pentagon officials said they were trying Thursday morning to confirm details of the case. But as of late last week, Department of Defense spokesmen said no military deaths had been recorded since the virus broke out last spring. ...Read the entire article...
