No swine flu case in India

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In a report released by Indian Health officials it is confirmed that there is no swine flu case identified, and all the samples are negative of passengers coming to India.

Health screening of passengers coming from affected countries is continuing in 21 International airports at Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bangalore, Calicut, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Delhi, Varanasi, Goa, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mangalore, Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Srinagar, Trichy and Trivandrum.

A total of 41,012 passengers have been screened. 140 doctors and 101 paramedics have been deployed to man 59 counters at the above airports.

A passenger screened at Hyderabad airport has been referred to the identified hospital. The clinical samples tested so far have been negative for Influenza A.

Minister of State (Independent Charge), Health and Family Welfare reviewed the situation today.

As of now, no case has been reported in India. The situation is being monitored.

Source: Press Information Bureau, India


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