Pune: A 24-year-old IT professional has tested positive for H1N1 virus, becoming the first case of Swine flu in the city, official sources said on  Tuesday.

The software techie had been travelling extensively since he left New Jersey on June 13. He arrived in Pune on June 18 and was hospitalised on June 20 following symptoms of flu, Dr D B Barhate of civic Naidu hospital, where the patient has been quarantined, said.

The patient has been put on anti-viral treatment prescribed for the ailment by the Central government after his throat swabs tested positive for H1N1 at the National Institute of Virology (NIV), he added.

Those who travelled with the patient in the plane too were being identified and traced for further preventive measures, Dr Barhate said.

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