Monday, September 7, 2009

Four more Swine (H1N1) flu Deaths; India's toll at 135

New Delhi: Four people, including 2 in Goa, died due to swine flu on Monday, taking India's total toll to 135, health authorities said here. Also, 147 fresh new H1N1 flu cases were reported in the country, taking the number of people affected with the flu to 4,885.

Apart from Goa, one death each was reported from Delhi and Karnataka. In New Delhi, 69-year-old Durga Prasad Sharma died due to the swine flu on Monday afternoon.

India is taking adequate measures to improve core capabilities at all levels to contain the spread of infectious diseases during border and community surveillance, early warning and detection systems, developing hospital preparedness to provide superior healthcare facilities and stockpiling of anti-virals and individual protecting equipment,' he said in his address to the health ministers from the region and top WHO officials.

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