Two teenaged sisters among five fresh swine flu cases

New Delhi, July 5 (PTI) Two teenaged sisters from
India's southern state of Kerala were among five persons who
tested positive for swine flu Sunday, taking the total number
of those affected with the virus to 134 in the country.

Out of the five cases, three are from Kerala and two
from national capital Delhi.

"Five new cases of swine flu have been reported. Two
cases each were reported from Delhi and Kozhikode and one was
reported from Kochi. The total number of cases has now risen
to 134," a Health Ministry official said.

Out of the 134 people affected with swine flu, the
official said, 99 have been discharged while the rest remain
admitted to various hospitals across the country.

The cases in Kozhikode were of two teenaged girls,
aged 16 and 19, whose parent had earlier been detected with
swine flu. "All of them had travelled from Abu Dhabi and they
reached Kozhikode on June 27," the official said.

The third case in Kerala was that of a 35-year-old
man, who travelled from Cayman Island in United Kingdom, and
reached Kochi on June 29.

Out of the two cases in Delhi, one is that of the 34-
year-old mother of a positive case reported July three. They
had reached Delhi from New Jersey on June 29. The other case
is that of a 30-year-old man, who travelled from Botswana and
reached Delhi on June 30.

A 66-year-old Delhi woman, whose condition was
critical earlier, is now stable, the official said adding a
total of 905 persons have been tested so far out of which 134
are positive for Influenza A(H1N1)."

The World Health Organization has reported 89,921
laboratory confirmed cases of swine flu from 125 countries as
on July 3. There have been 382 deaths. PTI SJY