Influenza cases rise to 7 in Myanmar
YANGON. July 28. KAZINFORM New influenza A/H1N1 cases have risen to seven in Myanmar with a 25-year-old man being found to have been infected with the virus as the seventh flu patient in the country, the official newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported Tuesday; Kazinform refers to China View.
The man arrived in Yangon from Thailand on July 16 through Thai Airways flight TG-305 but was confirmed with the infection of the virus after he was hospitalized on complaint of illness on July 25.
Two hundred and forty-four passengers, who were together with the patients on the same flight, are under surveillance and six of his family members are also kept in home quarantine, the report said.
Of Myanmar's seven flu patients, the prior four have recovered and were discharged from hospital, the report added; Kazinform has learnt from China View.
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