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This is how you can tell the difference between Covid-19, flu and H1N1
06 Jan 2023 06:53 GMT
Recently, Dr. Joyeeta Basu, a physician, took to Twitter to write that she has not seen a single case of Covid-19 in the past four weeks in Delhi NCR. “Have patients screened for both RAT and RTPCR. Mainly seeing a lot of influenza A and H1N1,” her post …
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As H1N1 cases rise, experts ask citizens to get the 'flu shot'
16 Aug 2022 23:48 GMT
By Express News Service
HYDERABAD: In the wake of a spike in H1N1 swine flu cases in the last few days, medical experts are advising people to take a dose of the seasonal influenza vaccine. Referring to recent instances of patients getting Covid-19 or …
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Sniffer dogs, x-ray machines to scan mail for foot-and-mouth disease
25 Jul 2022 07:36 GMT
All parcels arriving at Australian mail centres from Indonesia and China are now being scanned to identify potential biosecurity threats, including foot-and-mouth disease.
Key points:
All parcels from Indonesia and China now being scanned at mail centres
A …
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20-year-old man fights back both H1N1 and lepto
03 Aug 2022 10:26 GMT
Mumbai: A 20-year-old Colaba resident, perhaps the first case of a coinfection of leptospirosis and H1N1 in recent times, survived thanks to the Covid-time technique of “proning”, or lying on the abdomen.
Sanjay Chauhan was visiting his brother’s in-laws …
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MAL Steps Up Fight Against African Swine Flu
12 Feb 2020 03:24 GMT
The Philippines confirmed on Sunday (Feb 9) that African swine fever infections had spread in the south of the country, which accounts for nearly a third of the nation's 12.8 million pig herd. Additional measures will be taken by the Ministry of …
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Got persistent cough, body pain, headache? Get yourself checked for swine flu
18 Jan 2019 11:55 GMT
The year has begun with the return of swine flu across India. In a fortnight since the New Year, Rajasthan has reported 40 deaths, and the toll is expected to rise further after 971 tested positive.
Apart from Rajasthan, other north Indian states like …
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Veterinarians called to transform health care services, livestock farming
06 Mar 2024 18:03 GMT
Nagaland Veterinarians’ Association General Conference held
Morung Express News
Kohima | March 6
Advisor for Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services (AH&VS), Kazheto Kinimi on Wednesday impressed on the need to make veterinary health care services …
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Swine flu suspect no more
04 Aug 2017 22:47 GMT
The first suspected swine flu patient in Jharkhand this year - a 48-year-old woman from Mango, Jamshedpur - died at Tata Motors Hospital on Thursday night, two days before the report of a confirmatory test arrived.
Babita Gaur, a homemaker and resident of …
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Swine flu confirmed a wk after man’s death
29 May 2017 20:23 GMT
Lucknow: He died on May 22 but it was only seven days later that swine flu was confirmed as the cause of the death of the 52-year-old Sarojininagar resident. Even after his death, the hospital did not advise the family on any precautions.
Tested at Dr Ram …
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On the lookout for white 'shadows': How Tan Tock Seng Hospital uses X-rays in the fight against COVID-19
09 Aug 2020 22:33 GMT
SINGAPORE: When he studies the chest x-ray of a suspected COVID-19 patient, Dr Terrence Hui is looking for a number of telltale signs, one of which is the presence of white "shadows”.
These white "shadows” are opacities in the lungs, which point …