Swine Flu Symptoms and Precautions

About Swine Flu
Swine flu is a Type A influenza virus which causes regular outbreaks of flu in pigs.In late April 2009, the outbreak of more than a thousand cases of swine flu in humans.

Symptoms of Swine Flu
The symptoms of swine flu are usually like those of regular seasonal flu and include:

* headache
* chills
* cough
* fever
* loss of appetite
* aches
* fatigue
* runny nose
* sneezing
* watery eyes
* throat irritation
* nausea and vomiting
* diarrhea
* in people with chronic conditions, pneumonia may develop

Precautions Against Swine Flu
Good standard flu prevention techniques are recommended to protect yourself against swine flu:
* Get a regular seasonal flu vaccination. It might not help against this specific strain, but it won't hurt.
* Wash your hands frequently with soap and hot running water. If hot water is not available, use an alcohol-based hand gel.
* When you cough and sneeze, cover your mouth and nose. Wash your hands afterwards.
* Avoid being near others who might be sick.
* Stay home if you are sick, to avoid affecting others.

Precautions for Travellers
* Before you travel, find out what vaccines you will need and where to get them. Visit your family doctor or a travel health clinic at least six weeks before your departure date.
* If you get sick when you are travelling, seek medical assistance.
* If you are sick when you return to Canada, or have been near someone who is, you must tell a customs or quarantine office, who will decide if you need further medical assessment.
* If you get sick after you return to Canada, see a health care provider. Be sure to tell him/her the countries you visited, if you were sick while away and any medical care or treatment your received.

EAMCET 2009 seat allotments

The allotment of seat will be done on 31st of August. To know your allotment of seats visit the same website where you’ve put your options and enter the registration number, hall ticket number, password and date of birth.

After you log in you can see the seat and college that was allotted to you which you have to download immediately along with the challan to pay the fee. Challan will also be available in the website itself.

The counselling fee is Rs.500 (Rs.300 for SC/ST students) and the tution fee is Rs.10000 per year for a University seat and Rs.30200 per year for a Self-financed Universities or Private institutions.However, no such tution fee is required to be paid by students whose parents’ annual income is less than Rs.1 lakh.

The required amount of fee has to be paid in any branch of Andhra bank or Indian bank in Andhra Pradesh and a receipt has to be taken.

Once every thing is done, you have to report to the college in which the seat was allotted along with the receipt of certificates verification, fee receipt and allotment order before the time mentioned in the allotment order failing which the seat may stand cancelled.

The classes for Engineering are scheduled to begin from September 7th. The second counseling for Engineering will start from September 20 till 25th. The allocation of seats for which will be done on September 30.