Swine Flu claims 89 lives in week across India
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
New Delhi, Aug 31, IRNA -- Swine flu continued its grip on India with 89 deaths reported from across the country in the week ending August 29.
A total of 1,247 cases reported during the week. All are indigenous cases.
Till date, samples from 1,67,846 people have been tested for swine flu in government laboratories and a few private laboratories across the country and 39,977 (23.8 per cent) of them have been found positive.
Swine flu is an infection caused by a virus that pigs can get. People do not normally get swine flu, but human infections can and do happen. The virus is contagious and can spread from human to human.
Nearly 10,000 people have reportedly died from swine flu since it emerged in 2009 and developed into a global epidemic.
The World Health Organisation has officially declared that the swine flu pandemic was over.
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