Aizawl, Sep 1 : With a 12-year-old girl today testing positive for the swine flu virus, the total number of swine flu cases in Mizoram rose to three, official sources said.
The throat swab samples of the class six student were sent for tests to the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED) laboratory in Kolkata on last Friday.
The samples have tested positive, Dr Pachuau Lalmalsawma, nodal officer for the H1N1 disease in the state health department, told PTI.
The girl would soon be quarantined and treated at the Falkawn Hospital near here, he said, adding it is being investigated how she contracted the disease.
A total of 54 throat swab samples have been sent to NICED from Mizoram since August 14.
Earlier on August 15, two security personnel tested positive for the virus.
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