Meanwhile, a general health alert was sounded in Meghalaya and across the northeastern states.

'There are no swine flu cases reported so far in the state, but we have already put on alert our doctors and paramedical staff to deal with any situation,' Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.

A three-member team of experts from the central health ministry arrived in Guwahati Tuesday to train a pool of 100 doctors on how to deal with the situation in the event of a swine flu outbreak in Assam.