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US visitors hospitalised with swine flu symptoms

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Saturday, October 31, 2009 16:58 IST
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Shillong: Three US citizens have been admitted to the Shillong Civil Hospital after they exhibited H1N1 like symptoms.


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Their nasal and throat swab samples have been sent to National Institute for Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED), Kolkata, health officials said.

The three have been kept at isolation wards of the hospital after admission yesterday, the officials said.

They had arrived in Shillong two days ago to attend a meeting of the Church of Jesus Christ.

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