Summary:
City experts have recom mend several precautionary measures for the elderly to prevent swine flu infection. Out of the 19 positive swine flu cases reported by the Institute of Preventive Medicine (IPM) on February 1, nine patients were aged between 1and 5 years and five between 50-65 years. "It is high time for the health department to announce a general advisory for these two sections of vulnerable people to get flu vaccine. "Since swine flu is a viral infection and spreads through air, elders are advised to avoid travelling, especially pilgrimage, as crowding and congestion increases viral transmission. The total cases of H1N1 was 25 that day ..