3 H1N1 cases traced in Kodagu: Advise to take precautions
Madikeri, October 20: Out of five suspected H1N1 virus cases till October 17 this year in the district, three cases were tested positive, district surveillance officer Dr. M. Shivakumar said.
Appealing the people to take care against spreading the virus, the officer said that if the people come across symptoms like severe fever, cough, and yellow colour mucus, cold, throat infection, dysentery and vomit, they should immediately visit the hospitals. H1N1 influenza would spread like a normal fever. But severe body pain and respiratory problem were the perfect symptoms of the disease. When the afflicted persons sneeze and cough, the virus would spread. The virus could also spread due to non-hygienic condition. Based on the guidelines of the government, laboratory tests would be conducted for severe cases, he said.
Sufficient medicine was ready for treating the disease in the district, he added.
“H1N1 influenza would spread from virus. There was no relationship between the H1N1 influenza and pigs. The disease would not spread by rearing pigs or eating pig meat. This disease spread between human beings only”.
- Dr. M. Shivakumar, District Surveillance Officer
Precautionary measures
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Use handkerchief or tissue paper while sneezing or coughing to avoid spreading of H1N1 virus. -
Wash hands with soaps, maintain hygiene and wear clean clothes. -
Take rest if suffering from virus and take nutritious food. -
Take care of children from being afflicted from the virus. -
Don’t send children to schools and allow them to take rest at home. -
Keep away from congestions. -
Call 104 helpline for more information about H1N1.
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Gurugram Police arrest BJP Yuva Morcha member for spreading fake murder story on social media
New Delhi: Gurugram Police have arrested BJP Yuva Morcha member Hariom Mishra, for allegedly spreading a fabricated and communally sensitive story on social media about the murder of a college student in Gurugram.
Mishra who is also known as Shaurya Mishra had shared a collage of four photographs on his X handle earlier this month. He claimed that a 24-year-old college student, identified as Nikita Agarwal, had been murdered by her classmate Arif Khan in Gurugram. In the post, he alleged that the woman was blackmailed, forced into prostitution, gangraped, and eventually killed. He also claimed that Arif dumped her body in a forest. The claims were presented as being based on police sources.
The post went viral and garnering over 1.5 lakh views, and was amplified by several right-wing social media handles across X, Facebook and Instagram. A verification of the claims revealed that no such incident had taken place in Gurugram. A search of credible news reports showed no record of any such murder. The police said this news would have inevitably attracted media attention if it were true.
On December 11, Gurugram Police publicly refuted the claims through their official X handle. They stated that the information which was being circulated was completely false. The police warned that legal action would be taken against those spreading misinformation. Despite the warning, Mishra neither deleted the post nor issued any clarification.
Police in Gurugram confirmed Mishra's arrest on December 16. The police said a FIR was filed after he continued to spread false information about the alleged murder of a Hindu woman by Muslim man. Police said Mishra, a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Kaushambi district, is now being investigated.
Gurugram Police spokesperson Sandeep Singh told The Print that the accused had deliberately misrepresented facts and used objectionable content to spread hatred along religious lines. “Such posts can create serious disturbances in society, and the police take these matters very seriously,” he said.
A reverse image search conducted by fact-checkers at Alt News, revealed that the photographs used in the viral post were unrelated to the claims, while two of the images were traced to a Pinterest account belonging to influencer Maulik Chopra and another image was sourced from an Instagram post by influencer Shivam Thakur featuring a woman named Deepanshi Rawat. The fourth image was found on an unrelated Instagram page. The images depicted different individuals and had no connection to any crime.
Police said they are also investigating Mishra’s motive behind sharing the false and provocative content.
