Nepal on Sunday confirmed its first two deaths due to A/H1N1 infection.

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Nepal records first A/H1N1 flu death
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KATHMANDU, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Nepal on Sunday confirmed its first death due to A/H1N1 infection.

The deceased, 50, whose name has not been disclosed yet, died Sunday morning while undergoing treatment at the Bir Hospital in Kathmandu.

According to Professor Dr Vijaya Sharma, the A/H1N1 virus victim died due to pneumonia complication.

The deceased was also undergoing treatment for his intestine related disease.

Earlier, a A/H1N1 flue infected patient was kept in ventilator due to complex problem with his lungs. But he was completely recovered later.

Doctors have already declared the A/H1N1 flu has already spread among public

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Nepal records its first swine flu deaths
Indo-Asian News Service
Kathmandu, December 28, 2009
First Published: 13:23 IST(28/12/2009)
Last Updated: 13:24 IST(28/12/2009)

Six months after the first swine flu cases were reported in Nepal, the pandemic has claimed its first victims in the country, with two people succumbing to the virus.

Nepal's state media Monday reported the death of a 30-year-old woman at Bir Hospital, Nepal's oldest hospital, due to the influenza she contracted while undergoing treatment for renal failure.

The patient, whose identity has not been revealed due to requests from her family, came from Bhaktapur town and had been admitted to the intensive care unit of the hospital 19 days ago, doctors said.

She died Thursday, succumbing to multiple organ failures, said Pradip Koirala, the attending physician.

According to health ministry officials, another woman, who had been admitted to the Janamaitri Hospital in Kathmandu, also died of swine flu last month. But the death was not made public immediately.

She was a resident of Chitwan, a popular tourist destination in southern Nepal, the official media said.

There are over 50 reported cases of swine flu infections in Nepal. However, due to lack of diagnostic facilities in remote towns, it is feared that the number could be higher.

The first cases were reported in June when three members of a Nepali family arriving from the US tested positive for the disease at the Tribhuvan International Airport here.

Subsequently, though mass outbreaks were reported in the western districts of Parbat and Baglung last month, no deaths were reported.

However, with swine flu deaths crossing 852 in neighbouring India, Nepal has been living with the fear of mass infections just as HIV and AIDS spread to the landlocked republic from India in the past. Hundreds of workers from this country head south to India every day.

There have also been cases of residents in border villages forcing sick people out of their homes and ostracising the family due to fears that they had contracted swine flu during their sojourn in India.

The World Health Organisation estimates over 11,500 people have died due to the Influenza A H1N1 virus worldwide.

Health experts fear Nepal would be unable to cope with an epidemic since barring the health posts at its lone international airport in Kathmandu, there is little organised effort to screen people entering overland from India.

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Nepal sounds alarm as H1N1 cases treble
The reported cases jump to 150 from the earlier 48, with capital city Kathmandu being the hardest hit by the virus, accounting for 35 of the cases

Nepal yesterday sounded its first alarm for the pandemic swine flu with the health ministry publicly disclosing that the number of reported cases had jumped to 150 from the earlier 48.
However, the government media yesterday quoted a senior official of the avian influenza control project under the ministry of health and population as saying that the actual number could be still higher since outbreaks in remote villages would not be reported immediately.
The ministry made the disclosure following the death of two patients, both women, this month, the first reported swine flu deaths in Nepal six months after the H1N1 influenza was reported in Nepal.
Capital city Kathmandu has been the hardest hit by the virus, accounting for 35 of the 150 reported cases.
Two other popular tourist destinations have reported outbreaks with Kaski, the district where Pokhara city is located, accounting for 32 cases, and Chitwan on the Indian border, famed for its wildlife, reporting 23 cases.
Six more districts have confirmed the occurrence of swine flu, including Lalitpur in Kathmandu valley, another popular tourist destination, and three districts on the India-Nepal border: Ilam, Sunsari and Morang.
There is a possibility of swine flu spreading among communities, like it did in Parvat in western Nepal where 11 people tested positive in one go.
Despite the leap in the number of reported cases, Nepal is badly equipped to deal with the disease.
Currently, there is just one laboratory in Kathmandu where confirmatory tests can be carried out.
Most of the patients are male - 106 - with around 60% cases occurring in people aged 15-45 years.
However, the ministry said that over 99 percent of the cases were mild in nature with the patients responding soon to treatment.
The two dead are a 31-year-old woman from Chitwan who died on December 5 after remaining at the intensive care unit of the Janamaitri Hospital in Kathmandu for 25 days, and a 29-year-old woman from Bhaktapur district, who succumbed to the influenza Dec 24 at Bir Hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal?s oldest hospital.
The names of both victims have been withheld due to requests by their families.
The first cases of swine flu were reported in June when three members of a Nepali family arriving from the US tested positive for the disease at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu.
Subsequently, though mass outbreaks were reported in the western districts of Parbat and Baglung last month, no deaths were reported.
However, with swine flu deaths crossing 880 in neighbouring India, Nepal that daily sees hundreds of migrant workers heading for the southern country in search of work or returning from there, has been living with the fear of mass infections just as HIV and AIDS spread to the landlocked republic from India in the past.
There have also been cases of border villages forcing sick people out of their homes and ostracising the family due to unfounded fears that they had contracted swine flu during their sojourn in India.
The World Health Organisation says over 11,500 people have died due to the H1N1 flu worldwide. IANS