Tracking deaths in Kerala (total 121)

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17 deaths confirmed in Kerala in past month


THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Following a spurt in H1N1 deaths in Kerala during the pre-monsoon season, a team of experts from the Centre visited hospitals in the state capital and met senior officials on Wednesday.

According to official statistics, 17 people have died of H1N1 in about a month and another 201 people have been diagnosed with the disease. Most of the victims are pregnant women. The state has sought one lakh doses of the vaccine for pregnant women.

The Central team included Sunil Gupta, joint director (microbiology), National Centre for Disease Control and Dr Pradeep of Emergency Medical Services and the relief division of the Directorate General of Health Services.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...a-month-shocks-Kerala/articleshow/6056893.cms

 

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Re: Kerala: Fever cases on the rise

Re: Kerala: Fever cases on the rise

THENI: Special medical camps have been set up at entry points of all prime roads connecting Kerala in Theni district to screen travellers entering Tamil Nadu following re-emergence of A-HINI virus (swine flu) in the neighbouring State during this monsoon.

Medical camps have started functioning at Lower Camp on Theni-Kumali Highway, Cumbum Mettu on Cumbum-Nedunkandam Main Road and Bodi Mettu on Bodi-Munnar Highway on Wednesday.

Four doctors and six para-medical staff at Lower Camp, one doctor and two nurses at Bodi camp and two doctors and two nurses at Cumbum Mettu are running the camps. Two nurses have started monitoring Sakkaluthumettu Road, a short route for estate workers in Theni to reach Idukki district from Cumbum, since morning.

Sufficient medicines and equipment have been provided to each team to diagnose swine flu cases.

All travellers entering the State from Kerala in vehicles will be screened at the entry point itself. The police and revenue check post officials will stop all private and commercial vehicles and help doctors conduct a quick test, according to officials.

Prevention of virus

Talking to presspersons after inspecting medical camps at Lower Camp and at Cumbum Mettu, Collector P. Muthuveeran said that main aim of the camp was to prevent spread of the virus among people living in border areas.

Medical teams would work in shifts to check travellers round-the-clock. Preventive medicines would be given to affected persons on the spot. Each team would screen travellers and detect symptoms of swine flu. Suspected cases would be shifted to the Theni Government Medical College Hospital for advanced treatment.

Second test

Travellers having severe cough, restlessness and breathing troubles would undergo a second phase of tests to confirm the HINI virus attack, he added. With less traffic flow on many routes, doctors said that they would not find it difficult to screen travellers. ?Initially, we ask about their health condition and do a preliminary check-up. If necessary, they will be screened further,? a doctor said. Deputy Director of Health Services S. Chelladurai accompanied the Collector in the inspection.

http://www.thehindu.com/2010/06/17/stories/2010061757720100.htm

 

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Major outbreak of H1N1 infection at tribal school

C. Maya

Five out of 51 children test positive for the infection

Other students, staff put under surveillance

Health officials ready to meet any eventuality

Thiruvananthapuram: Widespread transmission of Influenza A(H1N1) virus in the community has resulted in a major local outbreak of the infection in a residential tribal school at Njaraneeli in Peringammala panchayat, where five out of a cluster of 51 cases of fever with cold were confirmed as H1N1 infection on Thursday.

?Five children tested for H1N1 on a random basis were positive and that all the 51 children could be having the infection. Oseltamivir medicine has been started for the children. All the students and staff at the Ambedkar Vidyaniketan School have been put under surveillance,? a senior health official told The Hindu.

The district heath administration has issued a high alert directive to doctors in the periphery.

It was on Wednesday that the medical officer at the Peringammala primary health centre reported to the district headquarters that a large number of children in the school were having fever with additional symptoms of cold.

A team of health officials who visited the school decided to take a random sample from among the fever-afflicted children, mainly to rule out the possibility of H1N1 infection. As all the children were sharing dormitory space, it was evident that the viral infection could spread rapidly.

Health Department officials said the incident was an indication of the high level of H1N1 surveillance that had been put in motion. They said that adequate quantities of Oseltamivir tablets had been made available at the school and that the doctors would watch out if more children were falling sick.

Public health experts pointed out that the local outbreak of H1N1 infection should come as a warning to the public, school authorities as well as the medical fraternity that all the general etiquette as special guidelines for schools and hospitals should no longer be ignored.

Special assembly

Meanwhile, the district health administration decided to launch an infectious disease prevention and control programme.

All schools will be directed to hold a special assembly on June 24, to raise awareness among students and teachers about the H1N1/viral fever epidemic in the community and its management.

District Medical Officer N. Sreedhar said that parents should take extreme caution and should not sent children to school for five days if they fall ill with fever or cold.

http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/18/stories/2010061856530300.htm

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Tracking deaths in Kerala (total 54)

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A(H1N1) cases on the rise in Kozhikode district

Staff Reporter

28 cases confirmed in the past two weeks
Nodal officer says situation not alarming
Scattered nature of cases a concern


Kozhikode: The increasing number of influenza A(H1N1) cases is causing concern in the district.

C.J. Michael, nodal officer for A (H1N1) in the district, said as many as 28 cases of H1N1 had been confirmed in the district in the last two weeks. Last year, the disease was not reported from the district till July. Dr. Michael said though there was an increase in the number of cases, the situation could not be termed alarming.

He said the majority of the cases were reported from Olavanna, Perambra and Kutiadi besides the Corporation limits. ?The fact that the cases remain scattered across the district is a cause for concern and is indicative of a further spread,? Dr. Michael said.

According to him, the monsoon has only started and there is every possibility of the virus spreading further if strict precautionary measures are not taken by the people.

Last year, most of the H1N1 cases were imported from other countries but it was indigenous cases this time, he said, adding that results were awaited in another 11 cases.

Throat swabs collected from persons with suspected symptoms were sent to Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, which is the nearest testing centre from Kozhikode. The Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Biotechnology is the only testing centre for the virus in the State.

Meanwhile, health officials have urged the public to take precautionary measures, including keeping away from affected patients, as H1N1 is an airborne disease.

Even though no death has been reported from the district, the increasing number of affected people in the interior areas is causing concern.

Dr. Michael said there was nothing to panic as the disease was completely curable if proper treatment was taken on time.
http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/18/stories/2010061854800300.htm

 

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Kerala has highest incidence of swine flu: Govt


Thiruvananthapuram, June 18 (PTI) The Central team of scientists which conducted an epidemiological study on the spread of swine flu in Kerala, which has claimed 18 lives since last month, would submit a detailed report to the Union Health Ministry on the situation in the state.

More than 200 patients are undergoing treatment for H1N1 virus at various hospitals in the state, which is the highest in the country this year, Health Department officials said today.

Sunil Gupta, Joint Director (Microbiology), National Centre for Disease Control, who led the team, however, said measures taken to tackle the situation had resulted in a marked decrease in the number of cases in the last few days.

Asked if Kerala had the highest incidence of H1N1 this season, Gupta said, "till now, yes.

http://www.ptinews.com/news/726451_Kerala-has-highest-incidence-of-swine-flu--Govt

 

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:tiphat: Arkanoid Legent

Kerala - Thiruvananthapuram

Three more flu deaths in State

Staff Reporter



Thiruvananthapuram: Two persons from Kollam district died of influenza A(H1N1) on Saturday, while one death reported on Friday from Pathanamthitta was confirmed as caused by the flu. Twenty-five more cases of the infection were reported in the State.

While six fresh cases were reported from Malappuram, five each were confirmed in Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam and three each from Pathanamthitta and Thrissur. Alappuzha, Ernakulam and Kannur reported one case each.

Nisha, 21, a native of Kakode in Punalur died at the Government Medical College Hospital on Saturday. Pappan Mathew, 70, from Karimthottuva, Kollam, died at Holy Cross Hospital, Kottiyam. Anish, 29, hailing from Mezhuveli, Pathanamthitta, died at Pushpagiri Medical College Hospital, Thiruvalla.
http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/20/stories/2010062051480400.htm

 

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Kerala - Thiruvananthapuram

A(H1N1) claims three more lives

Staff Reporter

Thiruvananthapuram: The Influenza A (H1N1) infection has claimed three more lives in the State, taking the total death toll during the second spell of the infection to 25. All three deaths were reported from Thiruvananthapuram

The deaths, confirmed as due to H1N1, are of Sreelakshmi (29), of Kazhakuttam, who died at the Medical College hospital here on June 18; Mini Rajesh (34) of Pallikkal who died on June 19 at Gokulam Medical College and Simi (22) of Edava, who had been pregnant and who died while under treatment at the Thiruvananthapuram MCH.

Thirty new cases of H1N1 were also confirmed in the State on Sunday.

These include 12 cases reported from Thiruvananthapuram, six from Kozhikode, two each from Kollam, Ernakulam, Thrissur and Wayanad, three cases from Malappuram and one case from Idukki.

Teacher dies of dengue

Staff Reporter writes from Kozhikode: A 36-year old schoolteacher, C.B. Sirajudheen, died of suspected dengue fever at a private hospital in Kozhikode on Sunday. Sirajudheen, a teacher at Kongallur ALP School, had been undergoing treatment at various private hospitals for the past four days.

However, officials of the District Health Department said that they were yet to confirm the exact cause of death.
http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/21/stories/2010062156420400.htm

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Tracking deaths in Kerala (total 62)

Re: Tracking deaths in Kerala (total 62)

Cases and fatalities in Kerala up to June 14th. Newspaper reports are currently putting the number of confirmed cases at above 200 and the number of fatalities in June at 20+. Next national surveillence update is on Tuesday Morning. There is no doubt that Kerala is undergoing a significant H1N1 outbreak.

 

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A(H1N1) claims one life

Staff Reporter

Thiruvananthapuram: Twenty-three new cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection and one death were confirmed in the State on Monday.

Ram, 42, of Punalur, who died at the Medical College Hospital here on Monday while under treatment for fever, myalgia, breathlessness and jaundice, was confirmed as H1N1 positive. Of the new H1N1 cases confirmed, three each are from Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam and Kasaragod, six from Thrissur, and two each from Alappuzha, Kollam, Malappuram and Kozhikode.

http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/22/stories/2010062257020400.htm

 

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Consolidated Status data for Kerala up to June 20th;

 

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Re: Tracking deaths in Kerala (total 63)

7 cases of swine flu confirmed

Staff Reporter

Thrissur: Seven cases of A(H1N1) influenza were confirmed in Thrissur district on Monday.

Three of the patients were admitted to the District Hospital here and the rest to private hospitals, health officials said. Of the patients, three are women.

In all, 23 cases of H1N1 influenza have been reported in the district so far.

A case each of dengue fever and typhoid were also reported.

Girl dies of fever

A girl died of suspected fever at a private hospital here on Monday. Five-year-old Sreenanda, a first standard student in a school in Potta, was admitted to a hospital in Chalakudy last Thursday when she ran a temperature. When the fever did not subside, she was shifted to a hospital in Thrissur city, relatives said.
http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/22/stories/2010062256890300.htm

 

[Ronan Kelly]

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Just waiting on an English version of this story, but I think there have been 2 more fatalities reported today;

H1N1: തൃശൂരില്* 2 മരണം
Wednesday, June 23, 2010

തൃശൂര്*

എച്ച് 1 എന്* 1 ബാധിച്ചു തൃശൂര്* ജില്ലയില്* രണ്ടുപേര്* മരിച്ചു. പനിയെത്തുടര്*ന്നു ചികിത്സയിലായിരുന്ന യുവാവും യുകെജി വിദ്യാര്*ഥിനിയുമാണു മരിച്ചത്.

പനമുക്ക് താഴത്തെക്കാട്ടില്* വീട്ടില്* സുബിന്* (35), ചെന്ത്രാപ്പിന്നി പോത്താംപറമ്പില്* ശശിധരന്*റെ മകള്* നന്ദന (4) എന്നിവരാണു മരിച്ചത്.

നെടുപുഴ മേഖലയില്* എച്ച് 1 എന്* 1 പ്രതിരോധപ്രവര്*ത്തനങ്ങള്* ഊര്*ജിതമാക്കി.

പൊലീസ് അക്കാഡമിയില്* 478 പേര്*ക്കു പനി ബാധിച്ചു. അക്കാഡമിയിലെ ട്രെയ്നിങ് അഞ്ചുദിവസത്തേക്കു നിര്*ത്തിവച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്.

ഒരു പൊലീസുകാരന് എച്ച്1എന്*1 സ്ഥിരീകരിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട്. മറ്റൊരു പൊലീസുകാരന്*റെ സ്രവം പരിശോധനയ്ക്ക് അയച്ചു. ഇന്ന് അഞ്ചു പൊലീസുകാരുടെ കൂടി സ്രവം പരിശോധനയ്ക്ക് അയക്കുമെന്നു ജില്ലാ ആരോഗ്യവകുപ്പ് അധികൃതര്* അറിയിച്ചു.
http://www.metrovaartha.com/2010/06/23012542/H1N1-2-KILLED-20100623.html

 

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Confirmation of 1 of the above.

One person dies of H1N1 fever in Thrissur district

Thrissur, Tuesday, June 22, 2010: One person has died of H1N1 fever in Thrissur district today. The deceased has been identified as Subin (35 years).

Subin is a resident of Panamukku in Thrissur district. The death toll due to the spread of fever in State has increased.

Earlier report: -

Twenty-three new cases of influenza A (H1N1) infection and one death were confirmed in the State.

Ram, 42, of Punalur, who died at the Medical College Hospital here on Monday while under treatment for fever, myalgia, breathlessness and jaundice, was confirmed as H1N1 positive.

Of the new H1N1 cases confirmed, three each are from Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam and Kasaragod, six from Thrissur, and two each from Alappuzha, Kollam, Malappuram and Kozhikode.
http://www.asianetindia.com/news/person-dies-h1n1-fever-thrissur-district_166603.html

 

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H1N1 Suspected Vilvattom BPHC, Kerala Police Accadamy, Ramavarmapuram, Thrissur
Cases: 478 Fatalities: 0 Outbreak: 20/06/2010 Report: 22/06/2010 Population: 2000
Notes: Not Known 2 swabs collected One positive, one result awaiting Quarantine & Treatment of Cases, Chemoprophylaxis, Health Education Investigation Open Area is under surveillance. No more cases reported today.
http://idsp.nic.in/idsp/newreport/DOB/Disease_outbreak_3day_report.jsp

 

[Ronan Kelly]

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Confirmation of second fatality from #52.

Two swine flu deaths in Thrissur
A four-year-old girl and a 35-year-old youth succumbed to A(H1N1) influenza in Thrissur on Monday night. The deceased have been identified as Nandana, daughter of Pothamparambil Sasidharan of Chentrappinni; and Thazhathekattil Subin of Panamukku. Both were undergoing treatment at private hospitals in the district. Three more persons tested positive for A(H1N1) influenza in the district. Meanwhile, treatment for swine flu started for 478 trainees at the Kerala Police Academy as many of them started showing flu-like symptoms, health officials said. In all, 2676 cases of viral fever and 214 cases of diarrhoea reported in the district on Tuesday.
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article481855.ece

 

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Thiruvananthapuram, June 24, 2010
48 new cases of H1N1
The number of confirmed cases of H1N1 has been soaring in the State in the past two days with 48 new cases being reported on Wednesday. On Tuesday, 43 persons had been confirmed as H1N1 positive. Almost 70 per cent of the throat swabs being sent for analysis now are turning out to be positive cases, according to official figures. Two deaths which were reported on Tuesday were confirmed on Wednesday as due to H1N1. ? Staff Reporter
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/article483597.ece

Comment: The deaths referred to are probably those of Nandana and Subin

 

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3 more fever deaths in State

Staff Reporter

Thiruvananthapuram: Three more persons, including a 10-year-old and a pregnant woman, have succumbed to Influenza A(H1N1) infection in the State, taking the death toll due to the viral infection in its second spell to 31.

On Thursday, 41 persons were newly detected to be H1N1 positive in the State.

The deaths confirmed as due to H1N1 are that of Afeefa, 19, of Vadakara, Kozhikode, who died at the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital on June 24; Sojan, 10, son of E.M. Chacko, Kalaparambil, Idukki, who died on June 22 at the Kottayam Medical College; and Jyothi, 25, of Kalladikkode, Palakkad, who had been pregnant and who died at the Mannarkadu taluk hospital on June 22 while under treatment for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/25/stories/2010062559600400.htm

 

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49 new cases of H1N1 in State

Staff Reporter


THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Forty-nine more cases of H1N1 influenza were confirmed in the State on Friday. The pandemic virus, in its second spell (from May), has resulted in 553 cases so far, including 31 deaths, 12 of whom were pregnant or post-natal women. The cases confirmed on Friday included 11 from Thiruvananthapuram, nine from Kasaragod, eight from Malappuram, six from Thrissur, four each from Ernakulam and Kozhikode, three from Kollam, two from Kannur and one case each from Kottayam and Wayanad.
http://www.hindu.com/2010/06/26/stories/2010062654560600.htm

 

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Thiruvananthapuram, 25th June: Special assemblies were held in schools in the district on Saturday to create awareness among schoolchildren on H1N1 infection and to help them to be on the alert against the disease.

Assemblies were held as part of the district health administration's initiative to intensify awareness campaigns on H1N1 and to raise the level of alertness among school authorities, children and their parents so that a possible infection could be averted or taken care of in the early stages itself.

The formal inauguration of the special programme on H1N1 in schools was inaugurated at the Manacaud Government Girls High School. As part of the initiative, all health, ASHA and Anganwadi workers are being given training to be on guard for any symptoms of H1N1 in the community.

http://www.c2clive.com/latestnewsdetail.php?id=1413

 

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A (H1N1) shifting to north Kerala
C. Maya
Southern districts to see a drop in number of patients

Even as Influenza A (H1N1) spreads unabated in the community in the State, a shift in the pattern of the epidemic seems evident, with the epicentre of the infection now shifting to the northern districts.
Public health experts say the current wave of the infection is almost past its peak in Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam and the number of cases will start dwindling in about two weeks in these southern districts.

More number of cases is now being confirmed in northern districts, indicating the shift. Nearly 70 per cent of the throat swabs sent to the labs these days test positive, indicating that the virus is widespread.

?We are testing only a fraction of cases because testing is a resource- intensive activity and in an epidemic situation, the numbers do not really matter. Hundreds are being infected by the virus daily, but much of it resolves spontaneously. The shift in pattern will indicate that almost all of the population down south has been affected by the virus,? a public health expert says.

Surveillance study

A surveillance study of blood samples in a random sample of the population will determine the level of sero prevalence of antibodies against the virus in the community. In short, a sero surveillance study will indicate the level of immunity against the virus in the community.

This information can be crucial as it will indicate if another spell of the infection should be expected. The level of sero prevalence of immunity will also prove crucial for the State in deciding its future strategies, such as vaccinating pregnant women and children against the infection, experts say.

In fact, a sero surveillance study was suggested by an expert team which had come to the State to do an epidemiological investigation, Health Department sources say.

Kerala has requested the Union Health Ministry to provide an imported vaccine (Sanafu) for one lakh pregnant women in the State as the high mortality among this section from the infection during its second spell has been a cause for concern. The State had received a first instalment of 45,500 doses of the vaccine and an additional stock of 30,000 doses for vaccinating health professionals.

However, some public health professionals feel that Kerala, with approximately 5.5-lakh live births a year, should have pressured the Centre to revise the vaccine policy for the State.

Ever since the beginning of the outbreak, vulnerability of pregnant women to the infection has been clearly established. Hence, pregnant women should have been given the priority over health professionals for vaccination, sources say.
http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/kerala/article487461.ece