5 more swine flue deaths, 480 outlets to sell Tamiflu

New Delhi, Sept 16 (PTI) The surge in swine flu deaths
in India continued Wednesday with five more people succumbing
to the deadly virus, raising the death toll to 208 even as
Indian government said Tamilflu drug will be available in 480
select chemist outlets.

Two deaths each were reported from western states of
Maharashtra and Gujarat while one person died in southern
state of Karnataka.

On the other hand, 212 fresh cases were reported --
national capital New Delhi the maximum of 72, followed by
Maharashtra (47), Tamil Nadu (38), Haryana (25) and Uttar
Pradesh (7).

With these cases, the total number of people afflicted
with the virus has reached 6,800.

Meanwhile, Indian government Wednesday brought out a
notification for sale of Tamiflu in select pharmacies across
India.

It said the sale of 'Oseltamivir Phosphate' and
'Zanamivir' or any other preparation of Tamiflu, shall be
governed by the Schedule X of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rule,
1945, which makes it mandatory for pharmacists to keep a
record of prescriptions, name of the prescribing doctor and
the person to whom it was sold.

The select pharmacists can procure the drug from six
companies -- Ranbaxy, Cipla, Metco, Hetero, Strides and Roche
-- which have the permission to manufacture the medicine.

Every manufacturer will submit to the Drugs Controller
a monthly statement on the quantity of such drugs supplied by
them to distributors, stockists and dealers. PTI SPC
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