Tags: Mizoram , Aizawl , Lengpui Airport , CRPF constable , Swine-flu

Aizawl: A CRPF constable posted at the Mizoram's lone Lengpui Airport near here, was quarantined at a hospital after being suspected of swine-flu infection, officials said today.

Blood tests and swab reports have been sent to the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata, where from the results are expected to come by tomorrow, Dr Pachuau Lalmalsawma, nodal officer for prevention of swine flu, told.

"Awareness of the swine flu is very high in the state and samples taken from two Mizos, who volunteered, were also sent to Kolkata for tests," he said adding that no swine flu case has been detected in the state so far.

The state government has prepared a ten-bedded room at the Falkawn Hospital, where suspected swine flu patients are being quarantined.

A doctor and two nurses have been posted at the Lengpui Airport to screen suspected swine flu passengers, he said.

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