A woman and her son, a MBA student from university of New Jersey, have been isolated with swine flu symptoms at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital.

Mr. Sivaprakasam, resident medical officer of the hospital, revealed that "One lady and one male came with the symptoms of swine flu and got admitted in the quarantined ward.

“Their blood and throat swabs has been taken and sent to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases, New Delhi. They (scientists at NICD) will analyze the sample of blood and throat swab and send the result within 48 hours.”

The hospital officials said that the 26-year-old man, who was studying at a university in New Jersey, who travelled from the United States to Bangalore via Dubai four days back to attend a wedding in the family.

The man complained of sore throat and fever on his return from Bangalore two days ago. It is thought he was feeling the uneasiness of a mild fever and a sore throat even before his departure from US.

His mother, a 55-year-old Indian inhabitant also complained of the same symptoms. After discussions with a senior health department representative, they looked for medical intervention and got themselves admitted to the hospital. As a safety measure they have been quarantined and their health is being closely supervised.

The hospital dean, Dr V Kumaran, stated “As they showed symptoms, we have quarantined them. However, only blood tests will confirm if they have swine flu.”

Health officials in Hyderabad, capital of Andhra Pradesh, confirmed India’s first case of H1N1 flu on Saturday- a 23-year-old patient who arrived on May 13 from the United States.