SHIMOGA: A woman died of H1N1 on Monday and two more cases were reported in Sagar town. Confirming this with Express, District Health and Family Welfare Officer Dr Chennabasappa said a woman aged 48 years from Aatavadi village of Sagar taluk was suffering from kidney problem and went for treatment to Manipal.It was confirmed in Manipal Hospital, where she died due to renal failure on Monday evening, that she had H1N1.Two women of Sagar town too are suffering from H1N1. One pregnant woman, 24, afflicted with H1N1, was rushed to Manipal where she delivered a child and both mother and child are in good health.She is responding well to treatment, he added.Another woman aged 26 years, being treated at a private hospital in Sagar is also responding to the treatment. Dr Chennabasappa said the department has taken several measures to check the spurt of H1N1 in the taluk. People suffering from fever with symptoms of H1N1 were treated with Tamiflu tablets. All Primary Health Centres, taluk-level hospitals in the district have enough stock of Tamiflu. Can control H1N1 spread, say docsBangalore: The Department of Health and Family Welfare announced that 42 patients were reportedly positive for H1N1 in the state in the last months.The department after collecting 978 samples of patients with symptoms of H1N1 were tested in various districts like Bellary, Udupi, Davengere, Tumkur, Shimoga and Bangalore as well.“Though we have not received the latest updates of these patients, we are expecting more number of cases from Shimoga and Udupi,” Dr Chaluraju, joint director, Department of Health and Family Welfare told Express.Speaking about the surveillance programme, he further added that the department has been regularly issuing monsoon advisory and circulars to the district health officers to detect Influenza A (H1N1) cases and other vector borne disease like symptoms in their jurisdiction.“After two years of experience, we are now able to control the spread of the deadly H1N1 virus in the state” Dr Chaluraju said.
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