Tuesday, June 30, 2009
3 swine flu cases confirmed in Kerala
KOCHI: In first confirmed cases of swine flu in Kerala, three persons, two of them women, tested positive for the A(H1N1) virus on Sunday.
Of these, a 53-year-old woman Mary and her 24-year-old son Tony had arrived at the Nedumbassery Airport in Kochi on June 24 from Britain while another woman reached Karippur Airport in Kozhikode from Dubai the same day.
The National Institute of Communicable Diseases, to where their throat swab samples were sent for analysis, had telephonically informed the hospitals where they had been quarantined that these patients had tested positive for H1N1, Director of Health Services Dr Shylaja said.
The mother and the son, who is a doctor in the UK, were quarantined in Perumbavur Taluk Hospital, Health department sources said.
The woman, who arrived at Karippur airport, had been admitted to Kozhikode Government Beach Hospital, sources said.
Of these, a 53-year-old woman Mary and her 24-year-old son Tony had arrived at the Nedumbassery Airport in Kochi on June 24 from Britain while another woman reached Karippur Airport in Kozhikode from Dubai the same day.
The National Institute of Communicable Diseases, to where their throat swab samples were sent for analysis, had telephonically informed the hospitals where they had been quarantined that these patients had tested positive for H1N1, Director of Health Services Dr Shylaja said.
The mother and the son, who is a doctor in the UK, were quarantined in Perumbavur Taluk Hospital, Health department sources said.
The woman, who arrived at Karippur airport, had been admitted to Kozhikode Government Beach Hospital, sources said.
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