After Coronavirus, India Hit By H1N1 Scare As Two Employees Of SAP Test Positive, Offices Shut
German Software major SAP has said that it has shut all its offices in the country for sanitization after two of its employees were tested positive for swine flu (H1N1).
SAP India's offices in Bengaluru, Gurgaon and Mumbai were temporarily closed.
According to reports, the company has asked all the workers have been asked to work from home till the office premises are sanitized.
"Two SAP India employees based in Bangalore (RMZ Ecoworld office) have tested positive for the H1N1 virus. Detailed contact tracing that the infected colleagues may have come into contact with is underway," the company said in a statement.
"The health of our employees and their families is of utmost priority, as a precautionary measure, all the SAP India Offices across Bengaluru, Gurgaon and Mumbai have been closed for extensive sanitisation," the company stated.
All SAP employees based in these locations have been asked to work from home till further notice.?Symptoms of swine flu, caused by the H1N1 virus, are like those of any seasonal flu and include fever, cough, runny nose, sore throat, body aches chills and fatigue.
Swine flu is an infection caused by one of several swine influenza viruses (SIV), with the H1N1 strain being the most common across the country.
It is a self-limiting viral, air-borne disease spread from person to person, through large droplets generated due to coughing and sneezing, indirect contact by touching a contaminated object or surface and close contact, including handshaking and hugging.
In June 2019, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had said a total of 1,076 people had lost their lives due to H1N1 virus across the country in the year 2019 (until June 23), while the number of those infected by it stood at 26,140.
Rajasthan had reported the highest number of cases (5,021) and deaths (205), the ministry had said in Lok Sabha, adding that Maharashtra recorded the second-highest number of deaths (189), while 1,692 cases were reported.
The rising graph of swine flu cases has a direct connection with the drop in temperature. As temperatures drop, the possibility of swine flu cases increases.
Swine flu is still prevalent and both swine flu and Coronavirus have almost similar symptoms.
The Coronavirus outbreak which began in China in December has killed more than 2,200 people so far. Though India had reported several cases, the first three patients who were tested positive for the infection have since recovered.
