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A 45-year-old man who had arrived from Hong Kong two weeks ago has become the first victim of swine flu in Goa. The man died at a private hospital in South Goa on Monday, confirmed directorate of health services (DHS). However, his identity was not revealed.

Two more persons have succumbed to swine flu in Telangana, taking the total number of deaths due to the virus to 36 since January this year, the state government said on Wednesday. “In the current year, from January 1 till February 3, a total of 2,047 samples have been tested, out of which 686 have …

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Swine flu has claimed 31 lives in the past one month even as 35 persons tested positive for the H1N1 virus, the Telangana government said on Monday. From January 1 to February 1, 1,854 samples were tested, of which 629 samples were found to be positive.

After former chief minister Ashok Gehlot, Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria on Monday tested positive for swine flu. Kataria tested positive for the H1N1 virus in Udaipur and is convalescing at his residence in that city, his personal secretary said.

The number of new confirmed Ebola cases totalled 99 in the week to January 25, the lowest tally since June 2014, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, signalling the tide might have turned against the epidemic.

Thirty five fresh swine flu cases have been reported in Telangana today even as no fresh death due to the infection was reported in the last 48 hours, a senior health official said.

Three more deaths from swine flu have been reported in Telangana, taking the total number of casualties due to the H1N1 virus this month to 16 in the state, a senior official said on Tuesday.

Swine flu claimed two more lives in the national capital on Friday, taking the death toll to five while 26 people tested positive for the H1N1 virus.

The Ebola epidemic in West Africa appears to be ebbing, with fewer than 150 cases reported in the past week, but efforts must be pursued to stamp out the deadly disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.