The Aam Aadmi Party on Friday raised concern over the “alarmingly high” number of swine flu or H1N1 cases in Delhi, urging the government to step up public awareness efforts and take measures to contain the spread of infections.
AAP Delhi president Saurabh Bharadwaj claimed that several people in the capital are experiencing flu-like symptoms. “Across Delhi, an alarmingly high number of people, especially school-going children, are suffering from high-grade fever, cough and flu-like symptoms.
Some say it’s H1N1,” Bharadwaj said in a post on X.
The Delhi State Health Mission is conducting surveillance through the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), with daily monitoring of influenza-like illness (ILI), severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) and influenza cases reported through the IDSP-IHIP (Integrated Health Information Platform) portal, according to the statement. He alleged that the government had not undertaken adequate measures to address the situation and called for greater public awareness as well as adequate availability of medicines at hospitals and dispensaries.
Nadda reviewed the national influenza surveillance and epidemiological situation, trends in influenza-like illness (ILI) and severe acute respiratory infections (SARI), testing and laboratory surveillance, as well as the preparedness of healthcare facilities, with a particular focus on Delhi, the Union Health Ministry said in a statement. “The health minister emphasised the need for close monitoring of influenza trends and proactive preparedness to ensure early detection and timely clinical management of cases,” the statement said. Earlier on Friday, Delhi health minister Pankaj Kumar Singh and health department officials met Union Health Minister J P Nadda and senior officials from the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to review the swine flu situation in the capital, according to a PTI report.
