Thailand reports 231 new A/H1N1 cases, as numbers keep rising in other Asia-Pacific parts (Xinhua, edited)

Thailand reports 231 new A/H1N1 cases, as numbers keep rising in other Asia-Pacific parts

www.chinaview.cn 2009-07-06 00:14:51
HONG KONG, July 5 (Xinhua)

Thailand on Sunday announced 231 more confirmed cases of Influenza A/H1N1, bringing the total number to 2,076, while other countries in the Asia-Pacific region also reported more infected cases.

Of the total new confirmed cases in Thailand, 26 are domestically infected, and 205 are students, said Thai Deputy Minister Manit Nopamornbodi. While 2,036 patients have already recovered, 33 others are still treated in hospitals, and seven people died of the A/H1N1 flu virus infection, he said.

Meanwhile, among those who have remained in the hospitals, three are in critical condition, he aid.

Singapore on the same day confirmed 52 new cases of Influenza A/H1N1, bringing the total number of such cases to 1,055 in the city state. According to a statement issued by Singapore's Ministry of Health on Sunday, of the cumulative number of 1,003 cases investigated so far, 591 were local cases and 412 were imported ones. Singapore reported its first confirmed case of Influenza A/H1N1on May 27.

The Bangladeshi government also confirmed two more A/H1N1 flu cases, bringing the total number to 18. The Institute of Epidemiology Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) under the Health Ministry confirmed two people in Dhaka got the infection through their relatives, who had recently returned from Australia and the United States. Spokesman of the IEDCR Mustaq Hossain said that the two new patients, a young man and a woman aged between 20 to 22, were kept in home confinement under close observation of the IEDCR experts. Meanwhile, among the earlier 16 cases, eight patients had fully recovered and the others were under the supervision of the health officials at their homes, isolated from other family members.

In Chinese mainland, in the past 24 hours until 18:00 (1000 GMT), 38 more people were confirmed infected with Influenza A/H1N1, bring the total number to 1,040. In China's Hong Kong, 26 newly confirmed cases of A/H1N1 influenza were reported in the past 24 hours till 2:30 p.m. (0630GMT) Sunday, bring the total number to 953, while in China's Macao, two more new cases were reported with a total number reaching 56.

Editor: Mu Xuequan
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