India screens incoming passengers
Those who intend to travel to India are advised that Indian authorities continue to screen incoming passengers for influenza A (H1N1).
As part of screening, there could be quarantine and hospitalisation in case of detection of symptoms connected with flu.
For this purpose, 221 doctors and 111 paramedics have been deployed at 76 counters at all international airports in India, said a release of Indian High Commission in Dhaka.
A total of 20,07,408 passengers have been screened till June 16. Of them, samples of 329 persons have been tested of which 35 have been tested positive for novel influenza A (H1N1).
Of these, only two are indigenous cases who got the infection from the positive cases travelled from abroad. The rest of the samples have been found negative for the novel virus.
The situation is being constantly monitored by Indian authorities, said the release.
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