Death Reported in Pune

[JimO]

This must be related to the cluster that was discussed by Dr. Niman and others recently.

Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/...ow/4853294.cms

First swine flu death in India

3 Aug 2009, 2019 hrs IST, AGENCIES

NEW DELHI: Health ministry on Monday confirmed the country's first death from the H1N1 flu in Pune, a top official said.

"There has been one death in Pune," Naresh Dayal, Health secretary told Times Now, adding that the victim was a 14-year-old girl.

The girl was on a ventilator for the past many days at an ICU in a hospital in Pune, the official said.

India has over 500 swine flu cases with Pune being the worst hit. The city has reported most of the cases in the country.

The H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, emerged in April in the United States and Mexico, and has spread internationally.

The World Health Organisation declared an H1N1 influenza epidemic on June 11. The virus has killed more than 800 people worldwide since emerging in April

[Giuseppe]

Re: Death Reported in Pune

[Some additional details about Pune Schools' clusters.]

India. Update of influenza A [H1N1] as on 3rd August, 2009 19:59 IST (PIB Press Release, edited)

Update of influenza A [H1N1] as on 3rd August, 2009 19:59 IST

As on 27th July 2009 World Health Organization has reported 134503 laboratory confirmed cases of influenza A/H1N1 and 816 deaths.


Health screening of passengers coming from affected countries is continuing in 22 International airports.

49,631 passengers have been screened on 2.8.2009 of which 38,501 passengers were from affected countries.

224 doctors and 151 paramedics are manning 81 counters at these airports.

A cumulative total of 4,251,586 passengers have been screened.

Seven positive cases are reported today: Delhi (2), Pune (3), Chennai (1) and Ahmedabad (1).

One 11 year old male, of the two cases in Delhi is a contact case of a previously reported positive case.

The other case is a 21 year old male who travelled from Sharjah by Gulf Flight G90469 reaching Delhi on 1st August 2009. As he was found to be symptomatic at the airport, he was admitted in the identified health facility.

Of the three cases in Pune, two are school students who are contacts of the school children reported positive in earlier reports.

The third case is a 26 year old male who travelled from Frankfurt to Mumbai, transiting Dubai (Emirate Flight EK 009/ 506). He self reported to the identified health facility in Pune with complaints of sore throat, fever and headache on 2.08.09 .

The case from Chennai is an eight year old male who travelled from Muscat by Oman Airways WY 0857 reaching Chennai on 29th July. He was detected at the airport screening and was admitted to identified hospital.

The case from Ahmedabad is a 27 year old female doctor working in Sola Civil Hospital Ahmedabad who was on the airport screening duty, reported with symptoms of influenza like illness on 30th July.

A 14 year old female student started having symptoms of sore-throat, runny nose, headaches on 21st July for which she consulted a General Practitioner and the general symptoms improved and attended school 23.07.09. She again developed fever on 25th for which she consulted another private practitioner. Her fever continued and she was admitted to a private Nursing Home , Pune on 27th July 2009. Patient?s condition worsened and was shifted to ICU and was put on Ventilator on 29th July 2009. Patient's lung aspirate was sent to NIV Pune on 31st July 2009 and was tested positive for Swine A (H1). Patient was put on Oseltamivir on 30th July 2009. Her condition deteriorated again with multi system involvement and expired on the evening of 03.08.09.

Three doctors and one nurse who developed respiratory symptoms have been treated with Oseltamivir. 85 hospital contacts have been put on prophylaxis. 31 contacts including 11 family contacts have also been put on chemoprophylaxis.

There was an outbreak of fever in the hostel of a Private School in Panchgani, Satara District, Maharashtra which was investigated by National Institute of Virology Pune on 23 rd July, 2009. About 90 children were affected by influenza like illness which was 1st reported in the 1st week of July. 17 of the above children were admitted in the School Hospital. 27 students of this school had travelled to USA to visit NASA and 10 students visited Holland, in the month of April and May, 2009. On examination majority of students had acute onset fever with cough, pain in throat, coryza etc. 10 of the 34 samples collected from them, tested positive for Swine H1. Further samples were taken from other schools in the area, six schools in all. Of the 127 samples collected between 26 and 29 July, 2009, 23 were tested positive. These are from 4 different schools. The District authorities have done the contact tracing and chemoprophylaxis has been provided to the contacts.

The situation is being monitored.

2479 persons have been tested so far out of which 558 are positive for Influenza A H1N1 [Swine].

567 out of the 2479 persons have been identified through entry screening, 536 through contact tracing and the rest were self reported.

Of the 558 positive cases, 470 have been discharged. One case has died. Rest of them remains admitted to the identified health facility.

The situation is being monitored.

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[Chuck]

Re: Death Reported in Pune

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First swine flu death in India
Source: Hueiyen News Service

Pune, August 03 2009: India reported its first swine flu death after a 14-year-old girl student Riya Shiekh died of the influenza A (H1N1) virus on Monday (August 3) at Jehangir hospital in Pune.

The girl was on a ventilator for the past many days at an ICU in a hospital in Pune, an official said.

Health Secretary, Naresh Dayal, confirmed to TIMES NOW that the death of the girl was due to the flu.

It is learnt that this is not an imported case of swine flu but that it was passed on from another individual.

India has over 500 swine flu cases with Maharashtra being the worst hit.

The state has reported most of the cases in the country.

Test reports of two students and a 26-year-old youth, who had returned from Germany, on August 2 confirmed flu, the officials said adding they had been moved to an isolation ward at civic Naidu hospital.

The total number of confirmed cases of H1N1 virus are 101 in the city, health officials said on August 3 .

As many as 64 flu cases in the city have so far been discharged after treatment.

The total number of H1N1 infection in Maharashtra now stands at 147 .

[Chuck]

Re: Death Reported in Pune

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Pune school girl dies of swine flu
PTI

PUNE / NEW DELHI, AUG 3
India registered its first swine flu death today after a 14-year-old school girl from Pune fell victim to the virus, a week after she was admitted to a private hospital with symptoms of the disease.

The death occured even as health officials in Pune said three more persons including two students tested positive for the H1N1 virus last night, taking the total number of Swine flu cases in the city to 101. Several schools were also shut down after Pune came on the country?s swine flu map with 558 cases reported in several parts of the country.

Confirming the death, Union Health Secretary Naresh Dayal said the girl who has not been identified yet could have been ?saved? if there was medical intervention in time suggesting there was a delay in treatment.

The girl first started showing symptoms of sore throat, running nose, headache on July 21 after which she consulted a doctor, a health ministry official said, adding she had improved following which she resumed going to school.

She developed fever again on July 25 for which she consulted another private medical practitioner but the fever persisted and was admitted to Jahangir hospital on July 27.

As the patient?s condition worsened, she was shifted to ICU and was put on ventilator on July 29 and she tested positive for swine flu on July 30.
Despite being on Oseltamivir, an anti-swine flu drug, her condition deteriorated leading to multi-organ failure and she expired at 5 pm today, a senior health ministry official said in New Delhi.

Health authorities in New Delhi and Mumbai said there was no reason for panic but counselled schools not to allow students showing symptoms of the disease like severe cold, body ache and cough. Pune Divisional Commissioner Dilip Bhand said swine flu patients must take treatment in government hospitals.

The fresh cases in Pune included two students and a 26-year-old youth who returned from Germany, officials said, adding that the patients had been admitted to the isolation ward of the Civic Naidu Hospital. Nine schools were shut down for about a week during the past one month and all but three of them have resumed.

As many as 64 Swine flu cases in the city have been treated and discharged so far, officials said. The number of H1N1 infection in Maharashtra now stands at 147, they said.

Maharashtra Health Department?s Deputy Director Dr Pandit Chavan said samples of the girl?s throat swab were sent to the Pune-based National Institute of Virology(NIV) and reports confirmed the presence of the virus. Chavan also she had pneumonia.

?We have given directions to our officials at various levels to monitor people who have come in contact with patients with the virus,? he added.

?Whoever is found infected with virus must be shifted to an isolated ward so that treatment can be started immediately,? he added.

Dayal claimed that the country has managed the flu situation better than the West.