The first and the only person who tested positive for Influenza A (H1N1) or swine flu was discharged from the Cottage Hospital at Chicalim on Wednesday after he was fully treated there for the disease and found to have been cured of it. The man was quarantined since June 10, after his sample tested positive for Influenza A.

Addressing a press conference this evening the nodal officer in the state for Influenza A (H1N1), Dr Rajendra Tamba, said that the person has been successfully treated and test on his latest sample has proved negative for the disease.

He also said that since the screening and tests began in the state the directorate of health services had collected six samples of persons (including the first case that was used as a mock trial of the system in the state as early as May 6) of who including the first case turned out negative for the disease while one case was positive.

He went on to add that at the moment there were no cases pending before any agency nor has any person been quarantined in the Chicalim Hospital, which was being used as the main centre for isolation, or asked to remain in quarantine at home.

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