Asked whether all the detected patients were put in isolation, he said, 'Well, we have referred these cases to the district chief medical officer, who is supposed to provide the necessary treatment.'

Chief Medical Officer A.K. Shukla said, 'All the patients were being looked after well and the required drugs were made available also to those who had preferred to stay in their homes instead of getting admitted to hospitals.'

'Fortunately, all the patients looked quite healthy. Even the five-year-old boy, who was the first one to be detected positive in Lucknow last week, looked healthy.'

'There is no reason to panic as we are well equipped to deal with the menace,' he said.