India - NRI dies of suspected swine flu in Kerala- NOT

[Gert van der Hoek]

NRI - Non-resident Indian

NRI dies of suspected swine flu in Kerala

2 Jul 2009,

Kochi: A 52-year-old NRI, who was suspected to have contracted swine flu, died shortly after he was admitted to a hospital in Kerala's Kollam

district on Wednesday night, a health official said.

The throat swabs of Stanley Pelis, who arrived in Kerala two weeks ago from UK, have been sent to the National Institute of Communicable diseases, New Delhi, this morning. If confirmed, he would be the first victim of the flu in the country.

Pelis, hailing from Kollam, was admitted to Holy Cross Hospital at Kottiyam in the district with high fever and breathlessness at around 7 p.m. last night and passed away at 9 p.m., Dr K Shylaja, Medical Director, said.

Meanwhile, two passengers who arrived at the Kochi airport from US and Ireland this morning have been quarantined with suspected symptoms of the flu.

The two passengers are -- a 33-year-old man from Pathnamthitta, who arrived from Ireland and a 20-year-old Keralite woman from US.

They have been admitted to the Aluva taluk hospital, hospital sources said.

Till now, four persons have tested positive for the flu in Kerala, she said.

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Re: India - NRI dies of suspected swine flu in Kerala- NOT

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Kerala death not from flu: Officer
OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT

New Delhi, July 2: A 51-year-old man with symptoms of respiratory illness who died in Kerala a few days after arriving from London was not infected with the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus, a state health official said tonight.

?He was a suspect, but we?ve just received information from the National Institute of Communicable Diseases in Delhi that his samples were negative for H1N1,? said Dr Amar Fettle, the nodal officer for swine flu combat in Thiruvananthapuram.

Officials learnt about the man from a Kollam hospital where he died yesterday. He had flown into Kerala on June 12 and developed cold and cough only on June 23. ?This was beyond the typical 10-day incubation period of the H1N1 virus,? Fettle said. The man appeared to have developed a lung infection that ?looked like viral pneumonia?, he added.