WELLNESS

New Delhi: The Union health ministry on Friday, asked Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain and all central government-run hospitals to set up designated swine flu wards and issue an advisory to chemists across the capital to ensure adequate stock of drugs to treat vector-borne diseases.

It’s been a crucial time for India as the deadly Swine flu has refused to die down despite many measures.According to Union Health Ministry statistics;nationally, 18,855 cases of the H1N1 influenza have been reported this year so far.

It has tightened its grip over India, with death toll reaching close to 1000. As per the latest figures issued by the Health Ministry, fresh cases have been reported from across the country including Delhi, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Jammu and Kashmir, West Bengal, Nagaland and Bihar.

The sudden increase in swine flu cases is being attributed to the unprecedented temperature fluctuation in cities leading up to problems like sore-throat, and dementia. 

New Delhi:As the death of children in BRD Medical College Hospital Gorakhpur rocked the country, a need for a comprehensive analysis of the disease is essentially required.

According to a research group in the area of human molecular virology and immunology at Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, led by the head of the Molecular Biology Unit, Dr. Sunit Kumar Singh; emphasizes that most of the JE virus infections area symptomatic with less than 1% of the population developing the disease. JE virus infection primarily occurs in children less than 15 years old, but it has also been reported in adults.