Youth from Ahmedabad is 14th Swine flu positive case in Gujarat

A 22-year-old youth from Ahmedabad’s Vejalpur area tested positive for Swine Flu on Monday, taking the total positive cases to 14 in Gujarat.

It is believed that this youth was infected by his Pune based relatives. He was picked up by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation team during health survey.

In another development, a daughter of IAS officer who recently returned from swine-flu hit Pune was admitted in Ahmedabad’s Civil hospital as a suspected swine flu patient.

Meanwhile, talking about state’s latest swine flu figures, Jayarayan Vyas, a minister of health said: “The state so far had 65 suspected H1N1 Influenza A cases, of which 14 have tested positive. At present 14 patients, both suspected and confirmed, are undergoing treatment in government hospitals. Five persons are admitted to hospitals in Ahmedabad, three in Baroda and two in Surat. Out of three positive cases in Vadodara, a girl is on ventilator while the condition of two others is stable. One new suspect case was registered in Vadodara today.”

The health minister today held a meeting with Indian Medical Association doctors and decided to start a round the clock help line for swine flu related information and inquiries and an interactive blog.