Narendra Modi tests positive for swine flu
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Tests Positive for Swine flu.
Narendra Modi has just returned from russia. He had gone there with some industrialists and ministers.
Following confirmation, Modi has been put under swine flu medication and quarantined at his own official residence here. All his appointments have been cancelled and he will be in isolation for a week.
The swine flu (H1N1) virus first emerged in Mexico in April and has since spread to many countries. More than 450 people have died of swine flu in India since this summer.
The number of swine flu cases in India has climbed to more than 13,000 - they have been reported from 28 states, including Gujarat. The virus is thought to have killed more than 3,000 people around the world.
So far, 40 people have died of the flu in Gujarat and several hundred have been infected, officials say.
A state government release said Mr Modi had been on medication and all his engagements for the next few days have been cancelled.