Swine flu, also called swine influenza or pandemic influenza is caused by a virus called H1N1. It is the common circulating strain of influenza virus in the world.
On April 2009, the World Health Organization declared a “
Public Health Emergency of International Concern” in response to the swine flu outbreak.
The first case of swine flu in India was reported from Hyderabad on 15th May, 2009.
The first swine flu-death in India was reported from Pune on 6th July, 2009.
H1N1: Number of Cases and Deaths in India, 2010 to 2017
|
Year
|
Cases
|
Deaths
|
2010
|
20,604
|
1,763
|
2011
|
603
|
75
|
2012
|
5,044
|
405
|
2013
|
5,253
|
700
|
2014
|
937
|
218
|
2015
|
42,592
|
2,990
|
2016
|
1,786
|
265
|
2017
|
38,220
|
2,186
|
References:
- Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Gov’t of India.
- National Health Profile 2016, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Gov’t of India.
- Pandemic Influenza (H1N1) 2009, Monthly Newsletter of National Centre for Disease Control, Government of India.