Bahrain orders swine flu vaccine dosesBahrain is sparing no efforts to contain cases of swine flu and treat patients who have tested positive for the virus. The Health Ministry is in constant contact with the company that manufactures the H1N1 vaccine to fast-track the delivery of More… |
Bahrain hospital denies swine flu death reportsThe Bahrain Defence Force (BDF) Hospital has denied reports, circulating on social media, that it had registered its first swine flu death. Infectious diseases and clinical microbiologist consultant Dr Manaf Al Qahtani said 1,300 staff at the More… |
Swine flu screening for Bahrain’s healthcare staffHealthcare staff in Bahrain will be screened for the H1N1 virus, otherwise known as swine flu, after a number of patients tested positive. A total of 26 cases have been detected, including six health workers, although authorities did not revea More… |
Three swine flu cases recorded in BahrainThree new swine flu cases have been recorded in Bahrain, it has emerged. The patients were kept under observation in health centres and are now recovering at home, said a report in the Gulf Daily News (GDN), our sister publication More… |
Woman tests positive for swine flu in BahrainBahrain has registered its first H1N1 swine flu case of the year after an Ethiopian woman tested positive for the virus. The 41-year-old woman has been placed in isolation at Salmaniya Medical Complex (SMC), said a report in the G More… |
Mexico breathes easier in flu epidemicMexico breathed easier on Monday in its fight against a deadly flu epidemic that may be retreating after a 10-day scare that has brought much of public life to a standstill. But new cases of the H1N1 virus, which mixes swine, avian and hum More… |
Over 100 dead in flu outbreak, markets jitteryGovernments around the world moved to contain the spread of a possible flu pandemic on Monday, as a virus that has killed 103 people in Mexico spread to the United States and may have reached as far as New Zealand. Fearing another setback More… |