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“Swine flu is today affecting patients across seasons, unlike in the past, where the respiratory infection was more prevalent during cold periods,” said Dr Om Srivastava, an infectious diseases expert, but added that while climate change and antigenic shift (an interaction between different strains of the same virus to create a new subtype) are among the main reasons aiding the spread, patients develop complications if there is a delay in diagnosis.”
He said as symptoms of swine flu were similar to that of influenza, patients usually self-medicate and end up going to a doctor only in the advanced stages of the infection. Other medical experts also said citizens should avoid delaying diagnosis and visit a doctor when they show symp- toms such as fever, sore throat, headache and breathlessness.
Dr Padmaja Keskar, the executive health officer, BMC, remained unavailable for a comment. A senior official from the public health department said, “Although Mumbai reported ten to twelve cases in October alone, there are no area-wise clusters of patients.” The official said the two patients who died came to Kasturba Hospital for treatment from Jalgaon and Nalasopara, with multiple complications along with swine flu.
Earlier this month, the public health departments in Pune and Pimpri-chinchwad were also asked to send samples of patients’ throat swabs to the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, to analyse the strain of the virus and its virulence. Mumbai civic officials confirmed the cases reported in Mumbai belonged to the H1N1 strain of the virus, unlike in Pune and Pimprichinchwad, where the more virulent H2N3 strain is prevalent. For now, the state has screened more than 13. 8 lakh people, and vaccinated more than 1.28 lakh of them to ensure the disease doesn’t peak again between November and February.
Doctors said there is also an urgent need to track the effectiveness of the vaccination. “According to a World Health Organisation (WHO) report, influenza vaccinations are not likely to be more effective in 2018-19, owing to variety of clinical and environmental reasons. As a contingency plan, it will be helpful to study the effect of vaccination in existing patients and track their disease progression,” added Dr Srivastava. in IL&FS, were open.
In addition to interventions by the government, directly and through SBI and LIC, the Reserve Bank of India too stepped in to help infuse more liquidity, a decision that traders said helped support the recovery in stock markets. On Tuesday, the central bank said it would inject ₹12,000 crore into the system through purchase of government bonds on October 11 to meet the festival season demand for funds. The result of these interventions was that NBFCS logged a faster recovery in share prices compared to the indices on average. Dewan Housing Finance Limited (DHFL), which was among the first to show signs of a contagion from the NBFC crisis, gained 16.08% in Wednesday’s trading. Bajaj Finserv, Edelweiss Finance and Shri Ram Transport Finance Company recorded double-digit gains in percentage terms.
The rupee also aided the recovery in stock markets, as it snapped its six-session losing streak to end 18 paise higher at 74.21 against the US dollar after the American currency weakened overseas. The gainers included auto stocks, banks, infrastructure, metals and pharmaceuticals. Both experts quoted above, however, said that analysts and traders will “wait and watch” the evolving situation in the NBFC sector. responsibility, then there are going to be skills and attributes they’re going to have for life no matter what career they’re involved in,” NZCPA CEO Heath Mills was quoted as saying by the Herald.
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