Only labs that conform to these guidelines would be allowed to testing for influenza A (H1N1).

* Teams of senior officers from the central government will visit every state headquarter to assess the preparedness in terms of isolation capacity and clinical assessment in different hospitals both in the private and government sectors.

* To ensure availability of adequate testing reagents, it was decided that another 22,000 kits would be procured immediately in addition to the 27,000 kits recently procured.

* Three Indian companies are already working for development of vaccines for influenza A H1N1.

* It is for the states to decide about closure of schools after assessing the situation prevailing in the affected areas.