According to the report from World Health Organization (WHO), as on 12 June 2009, 74 countries have officially reported 29,669 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection, including 145 deaths. The Director-General of WHO has therefore decided to raise the level of influenza pandemic alert from phase 5 to phase 6 (widespread human infection).
Swine flu cases shoot up in India also. The government invokes Epidemic Diseases Act to medically “arrest patients” by the police. First two cases, mother and her child were reported in Bangalore, Karnataka. Three suspected cases were reported in Maharashtra. According to the Executive Health Officer, Bombay Municipal Corporation, there are 100 quarantine beds, 50 medical staff and adequate stock of protective gears and Tamiflu tablets in place as preparedness if the pandemic intensifies.
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