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First Swine Flu casualty in India

August 03, 2009  2 comments
I am writing this to give this information. The first casualty of Swine Flu has taken place in India. A 14 year old girl has died in Jehangir Hospital today. The girl was admitted in the hospital since last one week and was put on the ventilator since July 29. The girl is named Riya Shaikh and resided in Ganesh Peth.

Pune is leading the country in terms of H1N1 cases with more than 125 cases registered till Monday in the district. The number of cases in India stands at 551 while there are 149 patients affected in Maharashtra. Just yesterday, the city has seen 100th patient suffering from H1N1 Flu. Most of the patient in Pune are students from convents. More than a dozen students in Panchgani, where the children of celebrities in India study have also confirmed to be suffering from the disease.

Some schools with high number of students like Abhinav School, New India School were closed for a week on account of H1N1 fear. But the authorities have not confirmed how long they will remain closed.

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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous8/3/09, 8:52 PM

    Its a warning... need to be carefull by avoiding infection to self n others. thanks for information

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  2. Devidas Deshpande8/4/09, 10:46 AM

    True. Everyone is careful now in Pune.

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