Swine-flu alert.

 Early and prompt initiation of antiviral therapy is recommended for children, adolescents, or adults with suspected or confirmed swine flu with any of the following features

                                         a)    Flu requiring hospitalization

                                         b)    Progressive, severe, or complicated flu

                                         c)    Severely immunosuppressed patients (receiving treatment for cancer, organ transplant recipients)

                                         d )    Swine flu at high risk for complications:

                                                            ·         Children <5 years particularly those <2 years

                                                            ·         Elderly ≥65 years

                                                            ·          Pregnant women

                                                            ·         Women up to two weeks postpartu

                                                            ·         Residents of nursing homes and other chronic care facilities

                                                            ·         Asthma (particularly if steroids have been required during the past year); heart disease, except                                                                isolated hypertension; active malignancy; chronic kidney disease, chronic liver disease,

                                                           diabetes, sickle cell disease, other chronic disabling diseases  & morbid obesity.