Swine flu leaves behind over 600 dead in India

#swineflu #H1N1 #jpnadda Swine flu deaths have already crossed the 600 mark in this year and with the dreaded H1N1 influenza A virus apparently defying its survival limitations, the health ministry and doctors appear to be at their wits end as reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 18 February 2015.
As per official estimates, the number of swine flu deaths have increased twofold as compared to the previous year and the toll now is 624 out of a total of 9,311 people who have been infected. In February itself, there were more than 300 deaths across the country.
In comparison, during 2014, there were 937 cases all over India and out of them, a total of 218 died. Doctors have revealed that with the rise in temperatures and, as it gets warmer, the cases should reduce but that is not happening this year.
The general recommendation of Doctors is that only those patients who have moderate to acute symptoms should go to hospitals for tests and treatment and those with milder symptoms should remain at home and go in for antiviral medicines and take necessary precautions.
Union health minister JP Nadda has held several review meetings and the ministry has issued directives to pharma companies to expedite supply of antiviral medicines to state hospitals and licensed retail outlets. It seems last week, there were reports of retail medicine shortages from some states, including Maharashtra and Delhi.