This Article is From May 02, 2009

Delhi swine flu samples test negative

Delhi swine flu samples test negative

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New Delhi: It seems there is no swine flu in India, at least for the moment as all the four people who were under observation in Delhi have tested negative.

The Ram Manohar Lohia hospital in Delhi -- where they had been tested -- has said no symptoms of flu could be seen in those people. All four had returned from the US and Mexico in the past fortnight.

A London-based NRI, who hails from Delhi, developed flu symptoms during his flight to the capital from London and was referred to the hospital after a screening at the airport.

According to hospital sources, another Texas-based youth, who landed in Delhi on April 19 and had fever for two days on April 24, turned up at the hospital on Friday evening.

Medical Superintendent of RML N K Chaturvedi said man, who hails from adjoining Ghaziabad, later became asymptomatic.

Chaturvedi also said two others were brought to the hospital suspecting that they could be carriers of flu but it later turned out that they have liver problems. He said RML is fully equipped to handle cases of H1N1 flu.
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