Lok Sabha Question No. 4754 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-23
Subject: Swine Flu
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTIO N NO. 4754 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 rd MARCH, 2018

## SWINE FLU

## 4754. SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK:

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

(a) the number of cases of swine flu and attributable deaths reported in the country during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT - wise;

(b) whether the Government has reviewed the preparedness of the States/ UTs and adequacy of availability of drugs and vaccines to deal with the disease;

- (c) whether the Government proposes to roll out any scheme to open more sample collection centres in the country for testing Swine Flu, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)  whether  the  Government  has  taken note  of  shortage  of  medicines  in Government Hospitals  particularly  for Swine  Flu  in  the  country  including  Jammu, if  so,  the  details  of corrective steps taken in this regard?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL )

- (a) : The  number  of  cases and  deaths  due  to Swine  Flu/Seasonal  Influenza  (H1N1) reported in the country during each of the last three years and current year, States/ wise, areplaced at Annexure.
- ( b)to(d): Yes. The Ministry  of  Health  and  Family  Welfare  through  its  Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) monitors Seasonal Influenza H1N1 (Swine Flu) on a  daily  basis.    Regular  meetings  to  review  the  preparedness  of  the States  and  availability drugs etc. are held by the Minister s of Health and Family Welfare as well as Senior Officers of the Ministry with the State s and  other  stakeholders. A Joint Monitoring Group and an Expert Group have also been formed to review H1N1 cases in the country.

Healthbeing a State subject, the primary responsibility for prevention and control of diseases lies with theState Governments.Government of India has issued detailed guidelines on  Seasonal  Influenza  (H1N1)  for  categorization  of patients,  treatment  protocol s and ventilatory  management  to  the  States/UTs . Surveillance  for  Influenza  like  Illnesses  are undertaken  under  the  IDSP,  supported  by  the  Indian  Council  of  Medical  Researc laboratories and IDSP laboratories fortesting samples of S easonal Influenza .  State - owned labs and private labs are also available f or testing Seasonal Influenza (H1N1). All States/UTs have been advised to develop their capacity to manage cases of Seasonal Influenza(H1 However,  during  the  crisis  of  logi stics  in  the  States,  the  Ministry  is  providing  logisti support and drugs to the States.

Annexure State/UT-wise number of cases & deaths from 2015 to

## Seasonal Influenza (H1N1): 2018* (as on 18.03.2018)

^As on 04.03.2018;

| S. No.   | States/UTs             | 2015   | 2015   | 2016   | 2016   | 2017   | 2017   | 2018 (As on 18.03.2018)   | 2018 (As on 18.03.2018)   |
|----------|------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| S. No.   | States/UTs             | C      | D      | C      | D      | C      | D      | C                         | D                         |
| 1        | Andaman &              | 4      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 2      | 1      | 0                         | 0                         |
| 2        | Nicobar Andhra Pradesh | 258    | 36     | 12     | 5      | 476    | 14     | 2                         | 0                         |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 5      | 1      | 0                         | 0                         |
| 4        | Assam                  | 31     | 4      | 0      | 0      | 199    | 5      | 0                         | 0                         |
| 5        | Bihar                  | 352    | 6      | 0      | 0      | 26     | 0      | 0                         | 0                         |
| 6        | Chandigarh             | 23     | 7      | 6      | 0      | 63     | 6      | 2                         | 0                         |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh           | 239    | 53     | 6      | 4      | 305    | 64     | 1                         | 1                         |
| 8        | Dadra & Nagar          | 26     | 6      | 1      | 0      | 15     | 4      | 0                         | 0                         |
| 9        | Haveli Daman & Diu     | 5      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 6      | 2      | 0                         | 0                         |
| 10       | Delhi                  | 4307   | 12     | 193    | 7      | 2835   | 12     | 32                        | 1                         |
| 11       | Goa                    | 193    | 19     | 6      | 0      | 260    | 12     | 1                         | 0                         |
| 12       | Gujarat                | 7180   | 517    | 411    | 55     | 7709   | 431    | 36                        | 6                         |
| 13       | Haryana                | 433    | 58     | 68     | 5      | 252    | 9      | 18                        | 2                         |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh       | 123    | 27     | 14     | 5      | 77     | 15     | 1                         | 0                         |
| 15       | Jammu & Kashmir        | 495    | 20     | 2      | 0      | 140    | 26     | 31                        | 10                        |
| 16       | Jharkhand              | 16     | 6      | 1      | 1      | 35     | 2      | 1                         | 0                         |
| 17       | Karnataka              | 3565   | 94     | 110    | 0      | 3260   | 15     | 5                         | 0                         |
| 18       | Kerala                 | 928    | 76     | 23     | 1      | 1414   | 76     | 7                         | 0                         |
| 19       | Lakshadweep            | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0                         | 0                         |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh         | 2445   | 367    | 38     | 12     | 802    | 146    | 5                         | 3                         |
| 21       | Maharashtra            | 8583   | 905    | 82     | 26     | 6144   | 778    | 19                        | 5                         |
| 22       | Manipur                | 5      | 2      | 0      | 0      | 8      | 1      | 0                         | 0                         |
| 23       | Meghalaya              | 1      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0                         | 0                         |
| 24       | Mizoram                | 4      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0                         | 0                         |
| 25       | Nagaland               | 4      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0                         | 0                         |
| 26       | Odisha                 | 76     | 13     | 1      | 0      | 414    | 54     | 0                         | 0                         |
| 27       | Pondicherry            | 57     | 4      | 1      | 0      | 168    | 9      | 1                         | 1                         |
| 28       | Punjab                 | 300    | 61     | 177    | 64     | 295    | 86     | 24                        | 10                        |
| 29       | Rajasthan              | 6858   | 472    | 197    | 43     | 3619   | 279    | 1250                      | 106                       |
| 30       | Sikkim                 | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0                         | 0                         |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu             | 898    | 29     | 122    | 2      | 3315   | 17     | 47                        | 1                         |
| 32       | Telangana              | 2956   | 100    | 166    | 12     | 2165   | 21     | 14                        | 0                         |
| 33       | Tripura                | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 44     | 0      | 0                         | 0                         |
| 34       | Uttarakhand            | 105    | 15     | 20     | 5      | 184    | 22     | 1                         | 1                         |
| 35       | UttarPradesh           | 1578   | 50     | 122    | 16     | 3858   | 132    | 12                        | 2                         |
| 36       | West Bengal            | 544    | 30     | 7      | 2      | 716    | 26     | 1^                        | 0^                        |
|          | Cumulative Total       | 42592  | 2990   | 1786   | 265    | 38811  | 2266   | 1511                      | 149                       |

Abbreviations:  C

- Cases, D -Deaths

* : The reports on cases and deaths of influenza A (H1N1) are based on the reports recei from States/UTs to Central Surveillance Unit, Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme NCDC, Delhi.