Saturday, August 15, 2009

This is wat striked the headlines in INDIAN newspapers at the breakout of swine flu.
"severe signs , take tamiflu, stay home
"

lets see wat is swine flu
in short



20th century flu pandemics
Pandemic Year Influenza A virus
subtype
People infected
(approx)
Deaths
(est.)
Case fatality rate
1918 flu pandemic 1918–19 H1N1[117][118] 0.5 to 1 billion (near 50%) 20 to 100 million[119][120][121] >2.5%[122]
Asian flu 1956–58 H2N2[117]
2 million[121] <0.1% id="cite_ref-EID_1918_pandemic_121-1" class="reference">[122]
Hong Kong flu 1968–69 H3N2[117]
1 million[121] <0.1%[122]
Seasonal flu Every year mainly A/H3N2, A/H1N1, and B 5–15% (340 million – 1 billion)[123] 250,000–500,000 per year[115] <0.05%


India

Schools are closed now (August 10, 2009) in many cities Like Pune, Mumbai, New Delhi etc. In Pune Multiplexes are also closed for 7-10 days and are currently closed.

  1. only known drug to work against H1N1(Tamiflu)
  2. The first case of the flu in India was found on the Hyderabad airport on 13 May
  3. first death due to swine flu in India in Pune
  4. GHULAM NABI AZAD the then health min. of india
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