SWINE FLU SYMPTOMS: WARNING SIGNS IN CHILDREN
Fast breathing or troubled breathing
Bluish skin colour
Not taking enough food or fluid
Becoming irritable
Difficulty in waking up
Flu-like symptoms recur
Fever with rashes

WARNING SIGNS IN ADULTS
Difficulty in breathing
Pain or pressure in chest, abdomen
Dizziness
Severe or persistent vomiting
Not taking enough food or fluid
Flu-like symptoms recur

TACKLING SWINE FLU: THE HOME GUIDE
Isolate affected people, minimise contact for 7-10 days
Stay at home, away from work, school and public places
Frequently wash hands with soap
Use wet cloth for cleaning, dusting
Use disinfectants for cleaning
Get plenty of sleep, be physically active
Drink plenty of fluid, eat nutritious food
Use face mask or handkerchief while coughing, sneezing

Inflation dipped to (-) 1.74 per cent for the week ended August 1, the lowest in three decades, even as prices of essential food items like pulses, cereals fruit and vegetables continued to rise.

The wholesale price index during the corresponding week a year ago was as high as 12.91 per cent, while in the previous week, it stood at (-) 1.58 per cent.

During the week, prices of barley, jowar and gram rose by two per cent and condiments and spices, arhar and fruits and vegetables by one per cent each.

“There is a risk of high inflation going forward. So, by the end of March we can see inflation at 7.5 per cent,” said Abheek Barua, chief economist at HDFC Bank.

At the same time, imported edible oil, sugar and unrefined oil got expensive.

“Food and vegetable prices are jumping up sharply. The government can look at offloading food stocks in order to control inflation. I think inflation next year will stay in broadband zone,” said Indranil Pan, chief economist at Kotak Mahindra Bank.

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