The university decided to close in the wake of a swine flu death in its neighbourhood Nagarabhavi here last week. The university will reopen Aug 30.

However, no university student has tested positive for the virus during their screening recently at the Mallige Hospital.

'We don't want to take any chances. When the university reopens, students will be asked to bring their medical certificate. We may further screen the students,' said Rao.

A 44-year-old woman died of swine flu in Kerala, taking the death toll in the state to two.

Nodal officer Amar S. Fettle told IANS that the patient was being treated at a hospital and died Thursday at Kochi.

'The test results of the woman came from Manipal only Friday evening and she tested positive for the H1N1 virus. She was a patient at a hospital since Aug 24 and was under treatment,' he said.

Meanwhile, 139 fresh swine flu cases were reported in the country Friday, taking the total number of those affected with the virus to 3,534.

The highest number of fresh cases were reported from Delhi, where 24 people were tested positive for the flu, followed by Kerala as 23 people were affected with the the virus.

The other cases were reported from Maharashtra (20), Karnataka (19), Tamil Nadu (19) Andhra Pradesh (12), Haryana (5), Chandigarh (1), west Bengal (6), Uttar Pradesh (6)and Rajasthan (4).

'So far, 19,789 people were tested of which 3,534 were found positive,' the health ministry said.

Of the 139 cases, only five are imported and the rest are indigenous.