Two more people fell prey to swine flu in the state. M Babu Rao, 35, a resident of Yapral, succumbed to the virus on August 29 at Gandhi Hospital. Rao was admitted to the hospital on August 27.
Four people died due to swine flu in the last 48 hours in the city. While a 45-year-old woman died at Chest Hospital on Monday afternoon, two women died at Gandhi Hospital on Sunday night.
AP - The World Health Organization declared the swine flu pandemic officially over Tuesday, months after many national authorities started canceling vaccine orders and shutting down hot lines as the disease ebbed from the headlines.
Eight swine flu deaths have been reported in last 10 days while 25 people tested positive. Around hospitals and health centres, the scare all too visible.
Three more deaths from the H1N1 virus have taken the toll in Pune to 135. While a majority of patients dead are from outside the city, the National Institute of Virology director Dr A C Mishra admits there is a high transmission of the virus.
Can one get the swine flu infection twice? Yes, says the National Institute of Virology (NIV). The reason being, 15 to 20 per cent of the people who have encountered the infection do not develop antibodies needed to protect them.