Calcutta, July 11: A 10-year old NRI girl was sent to the Infectious Diseases Hospital in Beleghata from the airport this evening on the suspicion that she has swine flu.

When the child, Sanjukta Wadedar, landed in Calcutta airport she had fever.

Sanjukta, who holds a British passport, was with her parents and sister on Air India’s London-Delhi-Calcutta flight. The airport health officials sent her to the ID hospital.

Hospital authorities said Sanjukta has been put in an air-conditioned cabin and not the isolation ward where suspected swine flu patients are kept. Her nasal and throat swabs will be sent to the National Institute of Communicable Diseases, Delhi, tomorrow.