Hyderabad, June 10 : Four persons admitted at Chest Hospital here have been tested positive for swine flu.
The report of the four persons confirmed swine flu, hospital superintendent Dr S V Prasad told PTI.
Meanwhile, four more suspect cases of the H1N1 influenza were admitted to the hospital today, Prasad said.
The swabs of these suspects have been sent to National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Delhi and their reports are awaited, he added.
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Third case of swine flu in Delhi
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New Delhi, Jun 10 : Delhi today got its third case of swine flu with a person who has returned from Boston recently testing positive for the virus.
The result for the latest case was positive, NICD Director Shivlal said.
The test results are awaited for five other persons who have reported swine flu symptoms-- two in Mumbai and three in Delhi, a senior health ministry official said.
All of them have been placed in isolation wards at designated health facilities, he added.
The family or social contacts of those found positive for the disease in Delhi and Hyderabad are on Tamiflu drug and they are being monitored. As of now, no family of social contacts has reported symptoms.
Meanwhile, the health screening of passengers from swine-flu affected countries continued at 21 international airports.
The result for the latest case was positive, NICD Director Shivlal said.
The test results are awaited for five other persons who have reported swine flu symptoms-- two in Mumbai and three in Delhi, a senior health ministry official said.
All of them have been placed in isolation wards at designated health facilities, he added.
The family or social contacts of those found positive for the disease in Delhi and Hyderabad are on Tamiflu drug and they are being monitored. As of now, no family of social contacts has reported symptoms.
Meanwhile, the health screening of passengers from swine-flu affected countries continued at 21 international airports.
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Mumbai, Jun 10 : The Bombay High Court has issued bailable warrants against gangster Dawood Ibrahim's brother Iqbal Kaskar and five others who were acquitted in the Sara-Sahara illegal construction case.
While hearing a petition filed by the state government against the acquittals and a plea filed by journalist Ketan Tirodkar seeking prosecution of (the then) deputy chief minister Chagan Bhujbal for allegedly shielding a suspect, division bench of Chief Justice Swatanter Kumar and Justice S C Dhrmadhikari noted none of those who were acquitted were present in the court despite summons.
The court then issued bailable warrants and adjourned the hearing for six weeks.
Meanwhile, in an affidavit, the Home Department has said that investigating officer in the case gave no reasons as to why Rajendra Wale, a municipal officer, was not arrested.
Tirodkar has moved the court seeking prosecution of Bhujbal for allegedly shielding Wale.
Some municipal officers and a few members of Dawood gang were prosecuted for illegal construction of Sara-Sahara shopping mall on government land in south Mumbai.
While hearing a petition filed by the state government against the acquittals and a plea filed by journalist Ketan Tirodkar seeking prosecution of (the then) deputy chief minister Chagan Bhujbal for allegedly shielding a suspect, division bench of Chief Justice Swatanter Kumar and Justice S C Dhrmadhikari noted none of those who were acquitted were present in the court despite summons.
The court then issued bailable warrants and adjourned the hearing for six weeks.
Meanwhile, in an affidavit, the Home Department has said that investigating officer in the case gave no reasons as to why Rajendra Wale, a municipal officer, was not arrested.
Tirodkar has moved the court seeking prosecution of Bhujbal for allegedly shielding Wale.
Some municipal officers and a few members of Dawood gang were prosecuted for illegal construction of Sara-Sahara shopping mall on government land in south Mumbai.
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Indore, Jun 10 : Asserting that the Tibetan movement has grown stronger, Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama today said 99 per cent people living in Tibet were against the Chinese government policies.
"Though the Tibetan movement is five-decade-old, it is growing stronger. Ninety-nine per cent people in Tibet are against the Chinese government policies," the Nobel Laureate told reporters here.
He said that though he stood for the just demands of Tibet, he was not opposed to the developmental works being carried out there by the Chinese government.
The Dalai Lama said he welcomed the railway link to Tibet but added that China was using this for its Army's sake and to crush the voice of the Tibetans.
What China is doing with the help of this rail link in Tibet cannot be justified, he said.
The 14th Dalai Lama said the peaceful and massive protests against China for Tibet's Independence would continue.
Over 400 renowned people of Chinese origin have in writing endorsed their support to the Tibetan cause, he said.
Noting that China was coming out with confusing statements over the Tibet issue, the spiritual leader claimed that the hardliners and liberal Chinese leaders have a difference of opinion over the issue.
"Though the Tibetan movement is five-decade-old, it is growing stronger. Ninety-nine per cent people in Tibet are against the Chinese government policies," the Nobel Laureate told reporters here.
He said that though he stood for the just demands of Tibet, he was not opposed to the developmental works being carried out there by the Chinese government.
The Dalai Lama said he welcomed the railway link to Tibet but added that China was using this for its Army's sake and to crush the voice of the Tibetans.
What China is doing with the help of this rail link in Tibet cannot be justified, he said.
The 14th Dalai Lama said the peaceful and massive protests against China for Tibet's Independence would continue.
Over 400 renowned people of Chinese origin have in writing endorsed their support to the Tibetan cause, he said.
Noting that China was coming out with confusing statements over the Tibet issue, the spiritual leader claimed that the hardliners and liberal Chinese leaders have a difference of opinion over the issue.
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New Delhi, Jun 10 : A swine flu-afflicted businessman, who refused to be hospitalised and passed on the disease to his mother, relented tonight and is now undergoing treatment at the RML hospital here.
M Lal, Director of Health Services, Delhi government, told PTI that after much persuasion the hospital staff was able to shift the 34-year-old businessman and his mother to the hospital from their home at Rajkori farmhouse near the Palam international airport.
Lal said the mother-son duo were taken to the hospital at around 8.30 pm after the family was told of the gravity of the situation and at stake was not only public health but their own lives if treatment is further delayed.
The businessman carried the swine flu virus from New York but refused to be hospitalised in Delhi and insisted on being treated at home. In the process due to the lapse of time, he passed on the infection to his mother.
"We have quarantined all the family members of the businessman as well the servants in the home. The blood samples have been sent to the National Institute of Communicable Disease for test," Lal added.
While Delhi has had three positive cases of swine flu, the total number of cases in the country has risen to 11.
Delhi got its third case of swine flu with a person who returned from Boston recently testing positive for the virus.
The result for the latest case was positive, NICD Director Shivlal said.
M Lal, Director of Health Services, Delhi government, told PTI that after much persuasion the hospital staff was able to shift the 34-year-old businessman and his mother to the hospital from their home at Rajkori farmhouse near the Palam international airport.
Lal said the mother-son duo were taken to the hospital at around 8.30 pm after the family was told of the gravity of the situation and at stake was not only public health but their own lives if treatment is further delayed.
The businessman carried the swine flu virus from New York but refused to be hospitalised in Delhi and insisted on being treated at home. In the process due to the lapse of time, he passed on the infection to his mother.
"We have quarantined all the family members of the businessman as well the servants in the home. The blood samples have been sent to the National Institute of Communicable Disease for test," Lal added.
While Delhi has had three positive cases of swine flu, the total number of cases in the country has risen to 11.
Delhi got its third case of swine flu with a person who returned from Boston recently testing positive for the virus.
The result for the latest case was positive, NICD Director Shivlal said.