Five new cases of A(H1N1) virus have been confirmed in Chennai, taking the total count to 14 in the city.
Confirmatory results came from the National Institute of Virology, Pune, on Monday and the five patients were immediately put on the drug Tamiflu, according to the Director of Public Health, S. Elango.
Of the five persons, two were students who were part of a seven-member exchange programme to the United States.
The three persons are part of a family that flew in from Saudi Arabia, he added.
The others who were quarantined at the Communicable Diseases Hospital, Tondiarpet, on suspicion of harbouring the swine flu virus have been allowed to go home, officials informed.
Confirmatory results came from the National Institute of Virology, Pune, on Monday and the five patients were immediately put on the drug Tamiflu, according to the Director of Public Health, S. Elango.
Of the five persons, two were students who were part of a seven-member exchange programme to the United States.
The three persons are part of a family that flew in from Saudi Arabia, he added.
The others who were quarantined at the Communicable Diseases Hospital, Tondiarpet, on suspicion of harbouring the swine flu virus have been allowed to go home, officials informed.
