Swine Flu

The city is still under the scare of swine flu despite increase in temperature. Five persons are undergoing treatment in ICU of Sawai Man Singh Hospital for swine flu-related complications.

In the state, 71% of cases of swine flu were reported in only five districts— Jaipur, Kota, Jodhpur, Baran and Udaipur in 2018. However, Sriganganagar is the only district in the state which has not reported even a single case of swine flu and death related to the disease in 2018.

While maintaining its top position in the list of states having the highest deaths due to swine flu, the state reported three more deaths on Wednesday, taking a total toll to 153 this year so far.

The state government has sounded an alert after two swine flu cases were detected in the state and it has also claimed that adequate measures have been taken to deal with the situation.

The month of February has been the worst ever in terms of swine flu outbreak in the state. In January cases started reporting from the state but in February more people were affected by HINI virus. The onslaught of swine flu virus still continues in the state.

Health minister Rajendra Rathore has already expressed his surprise over the recent rise in swine flu cases saying that swine flu had arrived before its usual time.

swine flu is rearing its ugly head once again. In just 17 days, from September 16 to October 3, 86 persons have tested positive for the highly contagious disease in the state. Jaipur has reported 46 new cases in 17 days, while Jhalawar has also witnessed a spike in swine flu cases, which has reported 26 cases of swine flu in 17 days.

A 50-year-old man died of swine flu in Chittorgarh on Friday, taking the total toll to 15 in the state since April 1.Besides, another 50-year-old woman tested positive for swine flu in Ajmer.

swine flu, also referred to as the H1N1 flu is a common respiratory disease now. Technically, swine flu is a disease which affects pigs.

Technically, swine flu is a disease which affects pigs. But, a particular type of influenza, which is H1N1, affects human beings.

The government has changed its strategy to prevent the spread of swine flu after noticing that this year 23 persons have succumbed to the disease so far.

Almost one out of five persons tested positive for swine flu died in the past 46 days in the state.

The Union government on Monday said that it was closely monitoring the surge in swine flu cases in the country after 11 more deaths were reported in Rajasthan, one of the worst-affected states.

Alarmed over the 39 swine flu deaths since December, the medical health and family welfare department has sought the guidance of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) to prevent the spread of the flu in the state.

A 23-year-old woman, who delivered a baby two days ago, tested positive for swine flu in Kota on Sunday.The baby has been admitted to the ICU in a private hospital with similar kind of symptoms of swine flu.

swine flu has been on the rise, but the good news is that despite a change in the swine flu virus strain circulating in the state, mortality rate due to swine flu has decreased significantly from 22.2 per cent to 7.73 per cent from 2016 to 2017.

Rajasthan has reported 205 deaths due to swine flu in 2019 (till July 7) which is highest in the country, says a report by the Central government which was issued on Monday

On Wednesday, two more persons died of swine flu in the state, while one IAS officer in Alwar was among 54 persons tested positive for swine flu. Both deaths were reported from Kota. The number of deaths rose to 129 this year. In 2015, 6,859 persons tested positive for swine flu, in 2016, 197 persons, in 2017, 3,619 persons and in 2018 2,419 persons were diagnosed.

swine flu has made a comeback in the state with 44 persons tested positive for the disease and one person succumbed to the disease in past two days. On Wednesday, 32 persons were diagnosed with H1N1 influenza. In Jodhpur, SN Medical College cancelled leaves of doctors.

Twenty persons have died while 180 persons tested positive for swine flu in the state in 10 days (October 3 to October 13).

Even as dengue cases still pose a problem in the state, the health department is preparing to tackle on another highly contagious respiratory disease - swine flu.

swine flu has hurt Maharashtra the most.The state has recorded the highest number of swine flu cases and deaths this year in the country.

swine flu has infected 29 people in Maharashtra - mainly in Pune, Nagpur and Nashik - in the last 22 days.

With swine flu rearing its head again in the state, the health department has issued guidelines for its prevention, control, and treatment. Even though the cases of swine flu in the city are not alarming, the health department has begun activities for its prevention.

Twelve new cases of swine flu were confirmed in the state on Friday. Eight of them are school kids from Jaipur. Two others with swine flu in the city are adults.

A swine flu death was reported at the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences.

Facing acute shortage of ICU facilities for swine flu patients, SMS Hospital has roped in Infectious Disease Hospital for treatment of the patients needing hospitalisation

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Three member of a police officer’s family in Udaipur have tested positive for swine flu. Scare of swine flu has gripped the city as 18 persons were tested positive for the disease in the past seven days.