Kathmandu, Nov. 2009: Students of Shree Balmandir Secondary School of Khopasi, Panauti-12, today returned home after they tested negative to Pandemic Influenza A H1N1. Around 70 students have gone on an educational tour to Illam, organized by the school, when a student died after going unconscious. But the students feared that their colleague died of swine flu.

Dr Basudev Pandey of the hospital said that they had taken sample test of eight students among which one has been tested with the positive result through the rapid test.

Pandey said that around 10 student and teachers, who suffered high fever, had been brought to the hospital by an ambulance. He further added that they are unknown about the cause of death of a student as post-mortem has not been done so far.