AIZAWL, May 4 � With swine flu outbreak contained in Mizoram, the screening of people entering the State at the Mizoram-Assam border Vairengte has been winded up.
Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) Nodal Officer Dr Pachuau Lalmalsawma said, �With the onset of rains, swine flu cases in the country has dwindled.�
Lalmalsawma said screening of passengers from outside the State at the lone Lengpui airport near Aizawl continued but it might be stopped in the future. However, screening of people entering the State at inter-State border of Vairengte stopped since last Thursday, the official said.
He said that of the 30 samples sent to the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED), Kolkata, four were found to be positive but all the H1N1 patients have recovered. � PTI
