Gert van der Hoek
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Ten Suspected H1N1 Cases in Southern India
6/3/2009
Medical authorities report 10 suspected cases of swine flu in India's southern Coimbatore town in the state of Tamil Nadu. Two of the 10 have been confirmed to have H1N1 infection.
Authorities at the government run Coimbatore Medical College (CMC), hospital say they quarantined ten patients with suspected H1N1-like symptoms.
One of the junior doctors who was treating the suspected cases is reported to have developed the symptoms and is under treatment.
[V. Kumaran, Dean, Coimbatore Medical College]:
"In Coimbatore so far 10 suspected cases of swine flu have been admitted in Coimbatore Medical Hospital. Out of the 10 two have been confirmed to have swine flu infection.?
Kumaran says both are receiving treatment with the capsule Tamiflu. He says they are not showing any of the typical signs of the flu.
India is not susceptible to the spread of H1N1 virus as the temperate climate of the country prevents its growth.
[V. Kumaran, Dean, Coimbatore Medical College]:
"And this disease is only imported from foreign countries so citizen of India need not panic about the disease number one, number two there being temperate climate of this country the virus infection will be less as compared to cold counties like US or Canada or Mexico like that."
The new flu -- a mixture of swine, bird and human viruses -- remains most prevalent in North America, but has infected nearly 19,000 people in 64 countries, according to the World Health Organization's latest tally.
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_asia/2009-06-03/105645338666.html
6/3/2009
Medical authorities report 10 suspected cases of swine flu in India's southern Coimbatore town in the state of Tamil Nadu. Two of the 10 have been confirmed to have H1N1 infection.
Authorities at the government run Coimbatore Medical College (CMC), hospital say they quarantined ten patients with suspected H1N1-like symptoms.
One of the junior doctors who was treating the suspected cases is reported to have developed the symptoms and is under treatment.
[V. Kumaran, Dean, Coimbatore Medical College]:
"In Coimbatore so far 10 suspected cases of swine flu have been admitted in Coimbatore Medical Hospital. Out of the 10 two have been confirmed to have swine flu infection.?
Kumaran says both are receiving treatment with the capsule Tamiflu. He says they are not showing any of the typical signs of the flu.
India is not susceptible to the spread of H1N1 virus as the temperate climate of the country prevents its growth.
[V. Kumaran, Dean, Coimbatore Medical College]:
"And this disease is only imported from foreign countries so citizen of India need not panic about the disease number one, number two there being temperate climate of this country the virus infection will be less as compared to cold counties like US or Canada or Mexico like that."
The new flu -- a mixture of swine, bird and human viruses -- remains most prevalent in North America, but has infected nearly 19,000 people in 64 countries, according to the World Health Organization's latest tally.
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_asia/2009-06-03/105645338666.html