A 20-year-old man, who tested positive for influenza A (H1N1) earlier this week, has transmitted the virus to his brother and a four-and-a-half year old girl travelling with him on the same plane - taking to seven the total number of swine flu cases reported in India so far, health officials said on Saturday. "The youth had returned to India from the US via London. He got down at the Hyderabad airport and went straight home. It is now confirmed that he transmitted the virus to his brother and a young girl who was travelling with him in the same flight," Shiv Lal, head of the National Institute of Communicable Diseases, told IANS.
India reported its first swine flu infection on May 16 - a 23-year-old man who travelled by Emirates Airline from New York to Hyderabad via Dubai. Health screening of passengers coming from the affected countries is continuing at 21 international airports and about 1.3 million passengers have been screened so far. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported about 21,940 confirmed cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection from 69 countries and 125 deaths till June 5.
India reported its first swine flu infection on May 16 - a 23-year-old man who travelled by Emirates Airline from New York to Hyderabad via Dubai. Health screening of passengers coming from the affected countries is continuing at 21 international airports and about 1.3 million passengers have been screened so far. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported about 21,940 confirmed cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection from 69 countries and 125 deaths till June 5.
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