Four infected with A/H1N1 flu in Myanmar western state

Four people have been found infected with influenza A/H1N1 in a village of Falam, Myanmar's western Chin state, the official newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported Saturday.

The influenza was discovered with them when a disease control team of the Health Ministry inspected the village recently, the newspaper said.

The patients are now kept in quarantine and are undergoing treatment, the report said, adding that disease control measures are also being taken against those in contact with the patients.

"The four patients are in good condition," the report confirmed.

The health authorities have urged local people to follow the preventive measures against the virus in order to avoid spread of the virus in the public and to take part in the campaign to prevent the disease.

Myanamr health department reported 69 influenza A/H1N1 cases in Myanmar so far since the outbreak of the disease in the world in April last year.

Of the patients, 42 arrived back from abroad, 13 were infected from families, 8 from schools while one from others.

There is no flu death cases reported in the country.

Myanmar reported the first case of new flu A/H1N1 in the country on June 27 with a 13-year-old girl who developed the symptoms after coming back home from Singapore a day earlier.

Source:Xinhua