World Health Organization has reported 29,699 laboratory confirmed cases of influenza A/H1N1 infection from74 countries as on 12th June 2009. There have been 145 deaths. (No further update is available from WHO).
Health screening of passengers coming from affected countries is continuing in 21 International airports. 46657 passengers have been screened on 14.6.2009. Around 28962 passengers were from affected countries. 221 doctors and 111 paramedics have been deployed to man 76 counters at the above airports.
One 29 years old female passenger and her three year old daughter coming from New Jersey to Bangalore by Air France Flight AF 192 transiting New York and Paris, reached Bangalore on 12.06.09. They complained of fever and cough and self reported to identified health facility on 12.06.09. Both of them have tested positive. Their family and social contacts are being traced and put on chemoprophylaxis.
Another passenger, 17 year old male who travelled from Orlando to Delhi, transiting New York by Qatar airlines QR 231 flight was quarantined at Delhi Airport on 13.06.09. He has tested positive. This boy was travelling with a group of 31 School Children from Jalandhar. The Government of Punjab has been requested to follow up these children.
So far samples of 272 persons have been tested of which twenty have been tested positive for novel Influenza A [H1N1]. Of these, only two are indigenous cases who got the infection from the positive cases traveled from abroad. The rest of the samples have been found negative for the novel virus. Among the 272 tested, 90 were identified through health screening at International Airports and the rest were samples from persons who have self reported.
Of the 20 cases eleven have been discharged. Rest of the passengers are all stable and remain admitted to the identified health facility.
