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39,315 passengers screened in India: No swine flu
New Delhi: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
on Wednesday said that samples of 20 persons had been tested and found negative
for Influenza H1N1. It also said that the samples of three persons - two from
Hyderabad and one person from Jalandhar - are under test. A ministry release said
that so far 39,315 passengers have been screened, of which around 5987 passengers
were from affected countries. The release said 165 doctors and 86 paramedics have
been deployed to man 67 counters at 21 airports around the country. The World
Health Organization (WHO) has reported 1516 laboratory confirmed cases of influenza
A/H1N1 infection with 30 deaths from twenty-two countries. There are 403 laboratory
confirmed human cases in USA with one death. Mexico has reported 822 cases including
29 deaths. The other countries which have reported laboratory confirmed cases
with no deaths are: Austria (1), Canada (165), China, Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region (1), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (1), Denmark (1), El Salvador (2), France
(4), Germany (9), Guatemala (1), Ireland (1), Israel (4), Italy (5), Netherlands
(1), New Zealand (6), Portugal (1), Republic of Korea (2), Spain (57), Switzerland
(1) and the United Kingdom (27). The ministry has also issued a press advisory
informing the public that the retail sale of Oseltamivir phosphate is not permitted
in India . It said chemists are not authorized to sell it and the indiscriminate
use of this drug by the public could result in the virus developing resistance
to this only known treatment of the H1N1 influenza. It said that the Government
of India is maintaining adequate stockpiles of this drug that shall be distributed
free through the public health network in case of need to the confirmed cases
of the disease. -May
6, 2009 Go
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