NRI family positive for Swine flu

Four members of a Non-Resident Indian family, whose swab samples were sent to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD), New Delhi, on Tuesday have tested positive for A (H1N1).
Suspected swine flu patients were quarantined in the local civil hospital on Monday, after symptoms of the H1N1 virus were noticed among them, T.P. Singh, district epidemiologist, told reporters revealing that the family belonged to the United States and had recently visited Jalandhar to meet their relatives.
Family quarantined All the four patients were kept in the Isolation Ward of the civil hospital and efforts were on to identify the persons, who came into contact with the family in the recent days and accordingly each and every identified person would be medically examined, Dr. Singh added.
He said that family recently visited other districts also and accordingly authorities concerned of such districts were being informed to undertake the identification of the persons, who came into close contact with the affected NRIs.
13 positive cases With the detection of four more H1N1-affected persons, the number of swine flu positive cases reached 13, including a couple who returned from Thailand recently and seven students, who came back from an educational trip from NASA.