Manipur fencers having tested positive for the H1N1 swine flu virus in New Delhi.
At least 4 fencers and the coach of a 34-member national fencing team have tested positive for swine flu on their return journey from Singapore, where they joined the recently concluded Junior Asian and Cadet Championship. The group had arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday.
"We have received official intimation that two fencers from Manipur are among the five who were tested positive for swine flu. They are being quarantined and observed at a hospital in the state capital," said The Bhubonchandra Singh, the state nodal officer of Influenza Pandemic.
The 2 fencers, a 17-year-old boy and an 18-year-old girl, are from the capital, he said, adding that this is the first time people from Manipur have been contaminated since the recent global outbreak of the disease.
The senior health official appealed to the people not to panic. "We have been extending our utmost efforts to avoid the disease from spreading."
As part of the preventive programme, state doctors have already been deployed at the Imphal airport to check passengers, mainly those coming from aboard.
"So far we have not found any incoming passengers having symptoms of swine flu. If any suspect case is detected, we will send blood samples for laboratory testing to Kolkata," Singh said.
"Nevertheless we have intensified our routine preventive measures following the latest infection case," he added.
The state veterinary and animal husbandry services department, which is also playing a key role in combating the pandemic, has already imposed a ban on importing pigs from Myanmar.
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