FAISLABAD: A 13-year-old boy has tested positive for swine flu at the Faisalabad Allied Hospital after various tests were conducted on him in the absence of swine flue detection kits.
Executive District Officer (EDO) Health Faisalabad has confirmed the case.
The infected teenager, Abdullah Maqbool, is a resident of Toba Tek Singh and had recently travelled to Saudi Arabia, where it is believed he picked up the virus.
The boy has been shifted to an undisclosed location in the hospital and authorities are preventing anyone from meeting him or his family.
The EDO Health told DawnNews that the child is recovering from the illness. Faisalabad Allied Hospital has no quarantine rooms or detection kits.
dawn.com
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