There are now over 70,000 confirmed cases in over 100 countries. The countries with the most cases are:
• United States of America 27,717 (127 deaths)
• Mexico 8,279 (116 deaths)
• Canada 7,775 (21 deaths)
• United Kingdom 6,133 (3 deaths)
• Chile 5,186 (7 deaths)
• Australia 4,038 (7 deaths)
• Argentina 1,488 (21 deaths)
• China 1442
• Japan 1049
• Philippines 861
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Exit, first flu victim
The number of inmates in the isolation ward of the Infectious Diseases Hospital, where swine flu suspects and patients are quarantined, has dropped from seven to two since Sunday.
Seven-year-old Shruti Ghosh, the city’s first swine flu victim, was released from the Beleghata hospital on Monday.
Sourav Lahiri, who got himself admitted on Saturday with fever, tested negative for swine flu and was also released during the day.
“Shruti’s course of Tamiflu is over and she is not having fever anymore. Her parents have been asked to keep her quarantined at home for a few more days,” said Tapas Sen, the nodal officer for tackling swine flu in the state.
Shruti’s mother Sonali, who was staying with the girl in the 20-bed ward that has been divided by a curtain to separate male and female patients, had tested negative for swine flu.
The Oman residents had arrived in Calcutta last Tuesday after holidaying in Australia. Shruti was suffering from cough and fever when she landed at the city airport and was taken straight to the hospital.
The Delhi-based National Institute of Communicable Diseases, where nasal and throat swabs were sent for test, informed the hospital on June 25 that the girl was suffering from swine flu.
The only ones left in the Beleghata isolation ward are four-year-old Suchismita Das, who had tested positive for swine flu on Saturday, and her mother.
“Suchismita’s condition is stable. Her fever has subsided but she is still on medication,” said a source in the hospital.
Suchismita and her parents arrived in Calcutta from Bangkok, where they had gone on a holiday, early on Friday.
Prem Chand Yadav and Suchismita’s father Partha were released on Sunday after their swab tests proved negative.
Lahiri, 26, was the only patient who had voluntarily walked into the hospital and wanted to be tested for swine flu. He had been suffering from fever since returning from Bangkok a week ago.
Seven-year-old Shruti Ghosh, the city’s first swine flu victim, was released from the Beleghata hospital on Monday.
Sourav Lahiri, who got himself admitted on Saturday with fever, tested negative for swine flu and was also released during the day.
“Shruti’s course of Tamiflu is over and she is not having fever anymore. Her parents have been asked to keep her quarantined at home for a few more days,” said Tapas Sen, the nodal officer for tackling swine flu in the state.
Shruti’s mother Sonali, who was staying with the girl in the 20-bed ward that has been divided by a curtain to separate male and female patients, had tested negative for swine flu.
The Oman residents had arrived in Calcutta last Tuesday after holidaying in Australia. Shruti was suffering from cough and fever when she landed at the city airport and was taken straight to the hospital.
The Delhi-based National Institute of Communicable Diseases, where nasal and throat swabs were sent for test, informed the hospital on June 25 that the girl was suffering from swine flu.
The only ones left in the Beleghata isolation ward are four-year-old Suchismita Das, who had tested positive for swine flu on Saturday, and her mother.
“Suchismita’s condition is stable. Her fever has subsided but she is still on medication,” said a source in the hospital.
Suchismita and her parents arrived in Calcutta from Bangkok, where they had gone on a holiday, early on Friday.
Prem Chand Yadav and Suchismita’s father Partha were released on Sunday after their swab tests proved negative.
Lahiri, 26, was the only patient who had voluntarily walked into the hospital and wanted to be tested for swine flu. He had been suffering from fever since returning from Bangkok a week ago.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Flu Pandemic Seminar 9th July LONDON
Aimed at CEOs, Directors, Senior Managers, Facility Managers, and business consultants.
This seminar is to help enable business and public bodies to plan for a possible flu pandemic. It covers all the essential information relating to affects of a pandemic, how to mitigate its impact and how to develop a pandemic plan.
Seminar Outline
Understand - the affect of a pandemic on the organisation
Businesses need to understand the affect of the pandemic on their business model. Restrictions on travel, restrictions on large gatherings, reduced staff attendence and disruption to supply all have significant impact on the successful operation of business and organisation.
Mitigate - the impact of the pandemic on the organisation
Businesses will need to take action to ensure that the impact of a flu pandemic is minimised. Supply chain is particularly important here, with supplies being stockpiled and alternative suppliers considered. Infrastructure amends will also need to be considered, including rerouting of telephone systems and purchasing of laptops.
Plan - for the action taken leading up to, and during the pandemic
This will be a series of actions which should be implemented as each of the WHO phases are reached. It is essential to have the plan written and, ideally, tested, as soon as possible.
The seminar will use case studies, exercises and personal experiences of developing pandemic plans within a number of different organisations to help develop the participant understanding of business continuity.
The Flu Pandemic seminar costs £400 (Excluding VAT).
The seminar runs from 10 am to 4 pm.
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This seminar is to help enable business and public bodies to plan for a possible flu pandemic. It covers all the essential information relating to affects of a pandemic, how to mitigate its impact and how to develop a pandemic plan.
Seminar Outline
Understand - the affect of a pandemic on the organisation
Businesses need to understand the affect of the pandemic on their business model. Restrictions on travel, restrictions on large gatherings, reduced staff attendence and disruption to supply all have significant impact on the successful operation of business and organisation.
Mitigate - the impact of the pandemic on the organisation
Businesses will need to take action to ensure that the impact of a flu pandemic is minimised. Supply chain is particularly important here, with supplies being stockpiled and alternative suppliers considered. Infrastructure amends will also need to be considered, including rerouting of telephone systems and purchasing of laptops.
Plan - for the action taken leading up to, and during the pandemic
This will be a series of actions which should be implemented as each of the WHO phases are reached. It is essential to have the plan written and, ideally, tested, as soon as possible.
The seminar will use case studies, exercises and personal experiences of developing pandemic plans within a number of different organisations to help develop the participant understanding of business continuity.
The Flu Pandemic seminar costs £400 (Excluding VAT).
The seminar runs from 10 am to 4 pm.
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Monday, June 1, 2009
Synthetic flu vaccine option?
A company claims it has created a synthetic version of the swine flu vaccine. CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports.
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China quarantines U.S. school group over flu concerns
A group of students and teachers from a Maryland private school have been quarantined in China because of swine flu concerns, a school spokeswoman said Thursday.
The Chinese government has confined 21 students and three teachers to their hotel rooms in Kaili, China, because a passenger on their plane to China was suspected of having swine flu, or H1N1, said Vicky Temple, director of communications for the Barrie School in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Temple said the students and teachers are occupying two floors of a four-star hotel in the Guizhou province city in southern China.
The quarantine will end Friday, and the students are scheduled to return to the United States on Sunday, Temple said.
Mike Kennedy, the head of Barrie School, said U.S. consular officials have since told the school that the plane passenger does not have swine flu, or H1N1.
"So now our question has been for the last 24 hours, can this quarantine be lifted even sooner than sometime on Friday so these kids can get out and enjoy a little bit of China," he said.
"Since about noon on Monday, they have been in their hotel rooms," he said. "They've missed the lion's share of the itinerary."
China's state-run Xinhua news agency reported that the Guizhou province's health bureau announced this week that it had discovered two dozen Americans who had been within four rows of the suspected swine flu case on the plane.
The plane had departed Friday from San Francisco, California.
Kennedy said the students and teachers are permitted to speak to one another through the open doors of their hotel rooms, but are not allowed to leave. "They're being well taken care of, but they are in their hotel rooms," he said.
"It's very frustrating," he said, but added, "I understand and I'd like to say that the Chinese officials have been as kind and friendly to our kids and chaperones as they can be."
State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said in a Thursday afternoon briefing that he was aware of the report but said he didn't have any details on the circumstances or what the U.S. officials might be doing about it.
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