An assessment of 11 dead in January in the Indian capital: the swine flu seizes the Indian capital – Xinhua

NEW DELHI, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) – The Indian capital has been affected by fear of swine flu: 11 presumed deaths and more than 500 cases have been reported in the past month.

According to a report released by the Integrated Disease Surveillance Program, which reports to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Delhi has seen an alarming increase in the number of swine flu cases this year, with 532 people diagnosed with the disease. nowadays. various hospitals.

This is much more than the 205 cases reported throughout the year 2018, the report says.

Of the 11 dead, eight belonged to Delhi and the other three came from other states. The city has witnessed 173 new cases of influenza in the last six days.

"There are 15 confirmed cases of swine flu in our hospital, eight of which have died, all eight of which were from Delhi," said Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) hospital spokesman Smriti Tiwari. RML is one of the hospitals designated by the government center to treat the disease.

Another leading hospital in the city, Safdarjung Hospital, confirmed 18 cases of swine flu and three deaths. "About 9 to 10 patients have been admitted to the hospital.All are stable and a few have been released," said the director general of the Institute of Medical Sciences of India (AIIMS ), DK Sharma reportedly said.

According to the newspaper, the spread of the disease has also put schools in the city on alert.

After a child was tested positive for swine flu at Sardar Patel school, the school management proceeded to fumigate the school and asked the students of the school to Kindergarten to fourth grade to stay at home until February 4th. Other schools have sent notices to parents regarding the spread of the disease.

The country's former defense minister, George Fernandes, had died of pork on Tuesday.

Swine flu is said to be a contagious respiratory disease caused by type H strains of the H1N1 virus. The virus enters the body through the inhalation of contaminated droplets or is transferred from a contaminated surface to the eyes, nose or mouth of a person.

The first symptoms of the disease are fever, cough, headache, muscle and joint pain, sore throat, runny nose and sometimes vomiting of diarrhea.