Hyderabad airport denies arrival of swine flu passenger

Rubbishing media reports that a Texas-based passenger, diagnosed with swine flu, has arrived in the city, authorities from the Hyderabad International Airport today said that no passenger has yet been detected with the disease.      

Not a single passenger arrived here has been found carrying swine flu virus, a spokesman for the Airport said, adding that the reports that a passenger from Texas with swine flu having arrived here are absolutely false.      

Doctors at the Chest Hospital here, where the passenger has allegedly been referred to, also denied the reports.      

No case of swine flu has been detected. However, on the request of Airport authorities a team of doctors has been stationed at the Airport to screen any suspected swine flu case, they said.      

Meanwhile, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation's (GHMC) chief veterinary officer P Venkateshwar Reddy said that the veterinary department has caged many pigs in different areas of the city.      

The blood samples of the pigs are being sent to Veterinary Biological Research Institute for detection of any disease, he said.