2009 swine flu pandemic in india 2009 swine flu pandemic in india 2009 flu pandemic in india was the outbreak of swine flu in various parts of india. soon after the outbreak of h1n1 virus in the united states and mexico in march, the government of india started screening people coming from the affected countries at airports for swine flu symptoms. the first case of the flu in india was found on the hyderabad airport on 13 may, when a man traveling from us to india was found h1n1 positive. subsequently, more confirmed cases were reported and as the rate of transmission of the flu increased in the beginning of august, with the first death due to swine flu in india in pune, panic began to spread. as of 24 may 2010, 10193 cases of swine flu have been confirmed with 1035 deaths.