8 more people found with A/H1N1 in Myanmar

08.02.2010 07:01

Eight more people have been found infected with influenza A/H1N1 in a suburban township of Myanmar' s largest city of Yangon, the official daily New Light of Myanmar reported Monday.
These child patients were confirmed with the infection when a disease control team of the Health Department made a field trip to Dagon Myothit township, Xinhua reported.

The patients are kept in quarantine and are undergoing treatment at a special hospital and measures are being taken by scanning those who are in contact with the patients, the report said.
"Now, the patients are in good condition," the report added.
Earlier this month, another four people had been found carrying influenza A/H1N1 in a village of Falam in Myanmar's western Chin state.
The influenza was also discovered when a disease control team of the ministry inspected the village.
"The four patients are in good condition," earlier report also confirmed.
The above 12 cases brought the total number of A/H1N1 cases to 81 so far in Myanmar since the outbreak of the disease in the world in April last year, according to a compiled statistics.
There is no flu death cases reported in the country.
Myanmar reported the first case of A/H1N1 on June 27 with a 13- year-old girl who developed the symptoms after coming back home from Singapore a day earlier.