Fellow passengers of swine flu patient hospitalised

New Delhi, May 18 (PTI) Two fellow passengers of the
lone positive case for swine flu in India have been
hospitalised with symptoms of the dreaded disease.
The resident of Hyderabad, capital of southern state
of Andhra Pradesh, who had tested positive for swine flu after
returning from the United States is being treated with
Oseltamivir and is presently stable, a senior health ministry
official said here Monday.
Two of his contacts, who travelled in the same flight,
were found to have cough and sore throat and as a matter of
abundant precaution they are presently admitted in the
identified hospital at Hyderabad, he added.
Meanwhile, so far samples of 66 people have been
tested, including one which tested positive for swine flu. The
rest have been found negative for the disease.
The screening of passengers coming from affected
countries is continuing in 21 International airports.
A total of 39,991 passengers have been screened till
date out of which around 14,245 passengers were from affected
countries. One passenger disembarking at Delhi Airport has
been referred to the identified health facility.
The World Health Organisation has reported 8,480
laboratory confirmed cases of influenza A/H1N1 infection from
39 countries. PTI SPC