Swine Flu Appears as a Threat at Manchester City

English premier league club Manchester City is now facing a big threat as Swine Flu struck at the club. At least two players: striker Craig Bellamy and Vladimir Weiss- have reportedly been diagnosed with the swine flu virus. A number of staff members of the club are seeing the same symptoms. So, there is a sense of fear at the club at this moment and players, club staffs and others associated with the club have become very careful. Anyone suspected with the symptoms is sent home by the doctors.

Players with coughs, sniffles and other symptoms are sent to doctors to see the extent of his illness and it is the doctor who decides if the player should be sent home for treatment. No doubt, it is a very bad condition at the Eastlands at this moment. The same condition prevails at another premier league club Bolton Wanderers. There is also a possibility that the virus could spread at other clubs too through the players.

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Swine Flu in India: Panic vs Reality

It seems to me that in India at this moment, many people are very afraid of the possible impact of Swine Flu. Many people have become very scared and panic is spreading many parts of the country. In some of the big cities, life has come to a halt because of the panic. For example, in the capital city new Delhi, many people are wearing masks despite the fact that there has been no casualty from this flu.

Indian government is now trying to tackle the situation and has arranged testing facilities to detect the disease. However, most people are not assured and they’re worried that they may die. I think that the media has a very important role to play at this moment or else it can become a very bad thing for the Indian economy.

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Swine Flu in India: What to Do?

I think that it was three years ago that Indians economy suffered a lot from bird flu. Now, there is the emergence of a new kind of disease which is called swine flu. It still has not become a very widespread but many people are now afraid as nearly twenty persons have died in the country so far from this disease. The worst affected state is Maharashtra the capital city of which is Mumbai.

BBC reported:

Schools and colleges will remain shut for a week and cinemas for three days.

The city, India's commercial capital, is in Maharashtra state, which has seen 11 of India's 19 swine flu deaths - three in Mumbai alone.

Authorities say that public pressure led them to order the closures, but stressed that people should not panic.

It is perhaps very easy to say to the people that do not get panicked but the reality is that if this kind of situation continues then many people would become afraid and it will hurt the Indian economy a lot. The best thing that the government can do at this moment is to arrange enough treatment facilities in the hospitals. The government can also provide enough information about the disease in the media.