Ahmedabad, August 08: An NRI couple, who arrived here from Atlanta in US, today tested positive for swine flu, state health officials said.
“The couple was admitted to the city civil hospital early this morning. They were tested for swine flu and the test results were positive,” Health Secretary Ravi Saxena said.
The couple had come from US on July 31 and developed symptoms of the disease from August 5, Saxena said adding that they initially went to a private hospital from where they were shifted to the civil hospital.
“The man, brought in critical condition to the hospital in the wee hours, was put on ventilator. His condition has improved now and the ventilator has been removed. He is stable,” Saxena said.
Both have been put in an isolation ward, he added.
With these two fresh cases, the number of confirmed swine flu cases in Gujarat has touched 10, official sources said.
–PTI