Etihad cabin crew quarantined in India cleared of swine flu after tests

Abu Dhabi: An Etihad cabin crew member who was quarantined in India over suspected swine flu has been cleared after she tested negative, an official of the airline told Gulf News.
"The crew member who was kept under supervision at a local Indian hospital on Monday has been cleared as she tested negative on swine flu tests," an Etihad Airways spokesperson said.
"She has bronchitis," added the official.
On Monday morning the cabin crew member who was aboard the Abu Dhabi flight to Kochi International Airport in the southern Indian state of Kerala was put under medical surveillance as she showed flu-like symptoms. Indian authorities confirmed that she was admitted to the Perumbavoor Taluk hospital in Kochi .
26/05/09 Rayeesa Absal/GulfNews, UAE

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