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The health department has identified h1n1 virus hotspots in the city and are focusing their prevention methods on these localities for the past few days.

The National Institute of Virology (NIV) here has detected three new variants of the h1n1 virus. Fortunately, all three variants have shown susceptibility to Tamiflu , the drug used in the treatment of swine flu.

Thirty-five% of students in Pune have become immune to the h1n1 virus, followed by doctors (25%) and slum-dwellers (20%), a survey by the Pune-based National Institute of Virology (NIV) has found.

The incidences of swine flu continues unabated in the state as seven fresh cases of patients testing positive for the virus came to light on Thursday.

Though the h1n1 virus has not yet surfaced in the city this year, Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) is taking no chances.

After lying dormant for nearly a month, the h1n1 virus claimed the life of a 25-year-old woman from Mumbra, taking the swine flu death count in city hospitals to 43.

Cases of the deadly swine flu continues to surge in south Gujarat with seven more people testing positive for the virus since Saturday.Since January 1, the h1n1 virus, has already claimed five lives in the region.

A Mohali resident died of swine flu at PGI on Sunday, taking the h1n1 virus death toll in the Tricity to six.

It may not be grabbing headlines anymore but that does not mean it's no longer a threat to our health. With 50 deaths registered in Karnataka in 57 days, the deadly h1n1 virus is still much a cause of concern.

Chief Minister Narendra Modi might have been infected by h1n1 virus in the state before leaving for Russia.

The district administration on Sunday directed 71 educational institutions to extend their closure by another seven days as a preventive measure against spread of swine flu.

Taking another closer look at city’s preparedness in tackling swine flue, UT home-cum-health secretary on Saturday convened another meeting with representatives of the health and education department to review implementation of guidelines and measures being taken by them.

The swine flu virus isolated from the throat swab samples of three H1N1-infected patients at the National Institute of Virology (NIV) has shown a small genetic mutation in the polymerase 2 (PB2) gene, NIV director A C Mishra told TOI on Monday.

The death toll due to h1n1 virus in the city has reached 24 with one more infected patient dying at a private hospital here on Saturday.

An NRI duo, who had come to the city last week, have tested positive for h1n1 virus on Wednesday. Both, relatives of a BJP MLA, had been home quarantined on Tuesday as suspected swine flu patients.

The h1n1 virus in Bihar appears to be targeting only affluent people, the latest swine flu victim being minister for art, culture and youth affairs Renu Devi.

One more person succumbed to swine flu in the city on Monday night, raising the death toll due to h1n1 virus in the state to 27.

The Indian-origin MIT scientists studied two samples of strains that were circulating in 2014 and found three mutations, which add to the virus’s capacity to affect respiratory cells in the lungs and the throat more virulently, and also add to the severity of the disease.

Swine flu claimed five more lives in the state on Saturday taking the toll to 71 since January 1 this year. Meanwhile, 70 new cases of the deadly h1n1 virus were reported from various districts. The dead include two from Kutch, one each from Ahmedabad, Amreli and Surat.

Four people died of swine flu in Telangana as the h1n1 virus continued to spread across the state especially among medical staff with 10 of them infected on Tuesday.

As many as 51 more people have died due to swine flu in the country raising the toll to 926 even as the number of those affected by the h1n1 virus breached the 16,000 mark on Wednesday.

A 43-year-old man succumbed to h1n1 virus at a private hospital in the city here on Saturday evening.The deceased has been identified as Pravin Kadiya, a resident of Tankara town in Rajkot district.

The total number of h1n1 virus infected cases in the city has gone up to 167 with one more patient testing positive for swine flu.

Feasible weather conditions are letting the h1n1 virus spread faster in the state. The virus took a toll of another person at Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University (CSMMU).

The h1n1 virus, which is responsible for causing swine flu, has returned a little over a year after it struck Kolkata last.

A 50-year-old man died of malaria,while another 41-year-old succumbed to the h1n1 virus on Wednesday.

Of all swine flu deaths, 70% took place in two days of hospitalization, doctors at a premier government-run hospital, said. Call it apathy of health department officials, patients were admitted to hospital after they reached critical stage.

Just when the country was licking its lips after enjoying a cool winter, Swine Flu (SWF) raised its ugly head in some pockets, reminding the ci8vic services th8at you can't aff8ord to slacken in healthcare.

There has been a sudden spurt in the number of swine flu cases in the city with at least four deaths recorded in the month of August.