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tests positive for swine flu in Hyderabad Hyderabad:
A foreign national was tested positive for swine flu on Thursday in Hyderabad
taking the number of swine flu cases to 17 in Andhra Pradesh. The fifteen-year-old
girl who tested positive for swine flu arrived on June 19 from Hong Kong by Silk
Airways. She showed symptoms of swine flu on June 22 and her sample was sent to
National Institution of Communicable Diseases (NICD) in Delhi. After she was found
positive for swine flu, nine other passengers who had accompanied her were also
quarantined. "On 22nd the report was sent on the same day. It was tested positive
yesterday night from NICD Delhi. So I have isolated the other nine who accompanied
her. We have sent the samples to NICD Delhi. This is the first foreign national
tested positive in India," said Dr. K Sudhakar, Physician, Government Chest Hospital,
Hyderabad. Out of the 17 cases reported in Andhra Pradesh, 14 have been treated
and discharged, while three are still undergoing treatment. Ten other patients
presently under observation are awaiting reports. Another 45-year-old man who
had travelled from Doha has also been admitted in the hospital for suspected HINI
infection, after the initial screening at Hyderabad airport showed signs of the
flu affliction in him. So far, a total of 60 persons have been found positive
for swine flu across India, out of which 32 patients have been treated as inpatients
in isolation wards and discharged. Out of the total 60 patients, 54 came from
abroad while six contracted the disease within the country. In all, 413 suspected
cases were quarantined. The World Health Organisation (WHO) elevated the H1N1
strain to pandemic status earlier this month. The WHO, in an update on the spread
of the new flu strain on Saturday (June 20) had observed that the number of worldwide
cases had risen to 44,287, with 180 deaths. Mexico, United States and Canada have
borne the brunt of the illness while research work is still on to formulate an
effective vaccine to counter the pandemic. -June
25, 2009 Go
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