GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

 

RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.810

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10th  JULY, 2009

 

UN assistance for prevention and cure

of swine flu

 

810. SHRI SHANTARAM LAXMAN NAIK:

 

          Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

 

(a) the number of swine flu cases reported in the country till date, State-wise;

 

(b) the arrangements made for treatment by the Central and the State Governments;

 

(c) whether India has any vaccine maker involved in production of swine flu vaccine;

 

(d) whether United Nations has proposed to give financial or technical assistance for the prevention and cure of the disease; and

 

(e) if so, the details thereof?

 

ANSWER

  THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(SHRI GHULAM NABI AZAD)

 

(a)             As on 7th July 2009, there have been 153 laboratory confirmed cases of influenza A H1N1 in India. State-wise list is annexed.

 

(b)             Health facilities have been identified and attached to the 22 International Airports and Ports. Stock of Oseltamivir, the drug for treating the disease has been made available to the states and the identified health facilities.

 

(c)             Three Indian manufacturers namely, Serum Institute of India, Pune,  Panacea Biotec, Delhi and Bharat Biotech, Hyderabad have the capacity to manufacture vaccine. Drug Controller General (I) has issued license to import seed virus to these manufacturers. 

 

(d) & (e): World Health Organization  provides technical assistance to member countries. India has also consulted WHO on technical guidelines. It has supported  Government of India with diagnostic primers and seed virus for manufacturing vaccine.  It has also supported capacity development for State and Central Rapid Response teams at a cost of about Rs. 3.00 crores

ANNEXURE

INFLUENZA A H1N1 CASE IN INDIA

STATE-WISE-CITY-WISE DETAILS

(As on 7th July, 2009)

 

S.no

State

City

No of cases

Imported cases (142)

1

Karnataka

Bangalore

27

2

Tamil Naidu

Chennai

6

Coimbatore

2

 

Madurai

1

3

Delhi

Delhi

42

4

Punjab

Fatehgarh

1

Jalandhar

9

 

Gurdaspur

1

 

Hoshiarpur

1

 

Amritsar

1

5

Andra Pradesh

Hyderabad

19

6

Maharashtra

Mumbai

10

 

 

Pune

3

7

Goa

Panjim

1

8

Haryana

Gurgaon

5

9

West Bengal

Kolkata

2

10

Kerala

Calicut

5

 

 

Cochin

5

11

Gujarat

Kandla

1

 

Indigenous Cases (11)

1

Delhi

Delhi

6

2

Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad

1

3

Punjab

Gurdaspur

1

4

Haryana

Gurgaon

1

5

Karnataka

Bangalore

2