Three quarantined at Delhi airport

New Delhi: Three passengers, who flew into Delhi from Dubai, Bangkok and Europe, were quarantined at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Tuesday morning after they complained of throat congestion, fever and cough -- symptoms resembling the deadly H1N1 swine flu infection.
A 25-year-old Swedish woman, who flew in from Bangkok on Tuesday, was the first foreigner isolated in India with H1N1 symptoms. Her throat sample is being tested at NIV Pune and NICD Delhi.
Till now, the samples of 40 passengers, including two from Pune, who arrived from flu affected countries have tested negative for influenza A (H1N1). All of them were Indians.
Thailand on Tuesday announced its first confirmed cases of swine flu in two people who recently returned from Mexico. The cases in Thailand also marked the official arrival of swine flu in Southeast Asia. Other countries in Asia which have reported cases include China, Japan and South Korea.
Meanwhile, India has stopped using mouth thermometer to check body temperature of suspected passengers and have started using digital ear thermometers. It not only takes just three seconds to record body temperature but is also risk free.
13/05/09 Kounteya Sinha/Times of India

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