H1N1 Worsens in Maharashtra

PIB Press Release

Maharashtra continues to be the hub of Swine Flu activity as the 12 cases are reported in the state today.  The total number of deaths due to H1N1 Flu have touched 204 and Pune is almost on the verge of touching 100 deaths due to the pandemic. Worse, there have been 48 confirmed cases of dengue among 138 suspected cases in the city, still the Pune Municipal Corporation claims the situation is ‘under control’. They feel it’s not a ‘dangerous’ number for a population of 35 lakh people. PMC’s additional medical officer said, “If the temperature of the city settles at a maximum of around 20 degrees centigrade, there will be no problem of mosquitos causing dengue.”  So, we think it’s time to ditch health officers and doctors and pray to the weather gods.

Pune has become the hotbed of the swine flu virus in India, with the most number of people infected by swine flu. But if you thought that the concerned officials would sit up and take decisions to tackle the threat head-on, it didn’t happen. On June 3, 2009, the PMC health department drew a contingency plan to tackle the H1N1 pandemic. But, after that, even as the number of deaths rapidly increased, there have been no changes in the plan.