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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NATO, others turn down US call for help in Hormuz: Trump
Washington (PTI): President Donald Trump on Tuesday said NATO and most of US' other allies have rejected his calls to help secure the Strait of Hormuz as the war with Iran entered the third week.
In a social media post, Trump asserted that Iran’s military has been “decimated” and he no longer felt the need for assistance from NATO countries or anyone else.
Last week, Trump had sought help from European nations and others who depend on oil supplies transiting from the Hormuz Strait to safeguard the critical waterway.
“The United States has been informed by most of our NATO “Allies” that they don’t want to get involved with our Military Operation against the Terrorist Regime of Iran, in the Middle East, this, despite the fact that almost every Country strongly agreed with what we are doing, and that Iran cannot, in any way, shape, or form, be allowed to have a Nuclear Weapon,” the US President said in a post on Truth Social.
Iran's attacks on Gulf nations and its grip on the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world's oil is transported, have sparked increasing concerns of a global energy crisis and are unnerving the world economy.
“I am not surprised by their action, however, because I always considered NATO, where we spend Hundreds of Billions of Dollars per year protecting these same Countries, to be a one-way street — We will protect them, but they will do nothing for us, in particular, in a time of need,” Trump said.
He said Australia, Japan and South Korea too have turned down his call for help.
“Fortunately, we have decimated Iran’s Military – Their Navy is gone, their Air Force is gone, their Anti-Aircraft and Radar is gone and perhaps, most importantly, their Leaders, at virtually every level, are gone, never to threaten us, our Middle Eastern Allies, or the World, again,” Trump said.
He said that given the scale of recent military successes, the US no longer "need" or desires assistance from NATO countries, adding that it never relied on such support in the first place.
Speaking as President of the United States, the "most powerful" country in the world, "we do not need" help from anyone, Trump said.
The West Asia conflict began on February 28 when the US-Israeli combine conducted airstrikes on Iran.
The Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway that connects the Persian Gulf to the open ocean, has effectively been shut following the US and Israel attack on Iran and Tehran's sweeping retaliation.
However, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had said that from Tehran's "perspective", the strait is "open". "It is only closed to Iran's enemies, to those who carried out unjust aggression against our country and to their allies.”
Earlier in the day, a second Indian-flagged LPG tanker, Nanda Devi, reached the country after safely sailing from the war-hit Strait of Hormuz. On Monday, the first ship, Shivalik, reached Mundra port in Gujarat.
As of now, 22 Indian vessels remain on the west side and two on the east side of the strait.
Indian authorities are in constant touch with all the relevant stakeholders in the region to secure the safe passage of the remaining ships, officials said.
