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Swine flu virus hits Rajasthan hardest in December

Published: January 3, 2018
Source : https://www.newkerala.com/
Swine flu cases in Rajasthan smashed all past records in the month of December, with no less than 310 persons testing positive in the state.
In the last four days alone, 113 new cases of swine flu were reported. While on December 24 and 25, 28 new cases of swine flu surfaced each day, on December 26, 19 patients tested positive and on December 27, 38 cases were declared positive.
With a view to checking the spread of the virus, Medical and Health Minister Kalicharan Saraf said screening would be done in each and every house in the areas hit by the virus.
Arrangements have also been made in hospitals to ensure regular supply of medicines, said Saraf while chairing a review meeting called to review the arrangements to contain the spread of virus in the state.
District hospitals, primary health centres and community health centres have been equipped well with screening facilities. Isolation centres are also being set up at these places.
Tests for swine flu are being conducted free of cost in medical colleges in Jaipur, Bikaner, Kota, Udaipur and several other cities.
In 2017, a total of 3,528 swine flu cases were reported, out of which 272 patients lost their lives.
Full report here: https://www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-306554.html
Source
https://www.newkerala.com/
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Giampietro Sandri
Veronesi
8 de enero de 2018
Why swine Flu ? It’s a human Flu. What’s the complete genome set up of this virus ? Probably the genes originarono from swine only represent a small percentage. Let’not Messi up things with unproper definitions
dante dizon
9 de enero de 2018
We succeeded controlling PNRS on swine during last swine flu epidemic . If you are interested we can send samples . It is registered for control of plant diseases.
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