Swine Flu: three school-going Mumbai sisters test positive

Mumbai, Aug 9 (PTI) Seven children, including three minor
girls from the same family who recently returned from the US,
Sunday tested positive for H1N1 virus, taking the total number
of swine flu cases reported in the city here in India's
western state of Maharashtra so far to 55.

"The three sisters are students of Rims International
school in suburban Andheri and doctors believe they must have
contracted the virus from the US where they went for vacations
towards July end," Additional Municipal Commissioner Manisha
Mhaiskar said.

Besides them, four more children have tested positive for
swine flu, two are from the city and one from Lonavala and one
from Thane.

"We will again issue some advisory for all schools in the
city and have a dialogue with them on swine flu. They will
have to follow the protocol enlisting dos and don'ts against
the disease," Mhaiskar said.

All the children are in the age group of six to 14 and
have been admitted to Kasturba hospital for treatment.

The seven children are - Divya Pritmani (7), Pooja
Pritmani (9), Sneha Pritmani (11) from Rims International,
Arya Rao (7) from J B Vaccha school in Dadar, Zanai Bhosale
(7) (Home Quarantine) from Dheerubhai Ambani school in Bandra
Kurla Complex, Dhruva Bheda (14) from Shinghad Institute of
Lonavala and Pranika Kulkarni (6) from A K Joshi school in
Thane.

"We would also advise parents that if their children are
not well, especially suffering from fever, they must consult
the doctors immediately and take rest at home," Mhaiskar said.

Several schools in Mumbai and neighbouring Navi Mumbai
including Dhirubhai Ambani International School in Bandra
Kurla Complex and J B Vacha School at Dadar are closed for
eight days after one of the students in both schools tested
positive for H1N1 virus.

The schools have been closed as a precautionary measure
to check spread of the air-borne H1N1 virus, official sources
said. PTI KKP
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