India, March 5 -- The public health department has launched surveillance in Nira village in Purandar tehsil, around 70 km from Pune, after two suspected cases of Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) were reported, officials said on Wednesday.

One patient is currently undergoing treatment at Bharati Hospital, while the other, who was admitted to Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital, was discharged on Wednesday, district health officials said.

Pune district health officer Ramchandra Hankare said samples from the suspected patients will be sent to the ICMR-National Institute of Virology (NIV) for confirmation. Blood, stool, urine, cerebrospinal fluid and throat swab samples (if respiratory symptoms are present) will also be tested.

"We have started sur...