Friday, June 26, 2009

A(H1N1) cases up to 78

Five more people have tested positive for the A (H1N1) influenza in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 78. Among the new cases, two are from Gurgaon, and one each from Delhi, Pune and Kolkata.

Of the two cases in Gurgaon, one is a 19-year-old boy who travelled from Minnesota, U.S., to London, staying there for 10 days, and then reached Delhi on June 21. The second case from Gurgaon is a 10-year-old girl who arrived from New York on June 19. Both of them were under home quarantine, and are being shifted to a health facility after testing positive.

The case from Delhi is a six-year-old girl who arrived from Miami, U.S., transiting Frankfurt, on June 18. Both her parents who travelled with her have already tested positive and are undergoing treatment.

In Pune, it is a 29-year-old man who travelled from San Francisco, U.S., transiting Hong Kong, and reached Mumbai on June 24. He developed fever, chills, rigor, sore throat and headache, and reported to an identified health facility on the same day.