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Confirmed flu cases keep on rising in Asia-Pacific region

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-05-25 15:40

In Australia, two more people including a boy, have been diagnosed with A(H1N1) flu in Australia's state of Victoria, bringing to 11 the number of confirmed A(H1N1) flu cases in Victoria and to 16 in the country.

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A 15-year-old boy from Melbourne's northern suburbs was tested positive for the new flu, and the boy's school will be closed for one week, Victorian Health Minister Daniel Andrews said.

"The student is a friend of the 12-year old student who fell ill last week," he added.

The second new case is a 27-year-old man from the northern suburbs who is already in home quarantine, and is a cousin of a 17-year-old student who was confirmed with the flu last week.  

Also on Sunday, the Philippine health officials confirmed the country's second influenza A(H1N1) case, a 50-year-old female who returned from the United States.

Health Secretary Duque III told a press conference here that the patient arrived in Manila on May 20 and sought health consultation the next day after experiencing cough and fever.

Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), the country's designated hospital for influenza A(H1N1) testing, later confirmed that the patient has contracted with the new flu virus.

RITM head Dr. Remigio Olveda told Xinhua that the patient, who is a Filipino in origin and has stayed in the United States for a long time, has been hospitalized since May 22, and is now recovering well.

In Japan, the tally of A/H1N1 infections rose to 342 in seven prefectures Sunday.

More than 310 of the confirmed patients live in Osaka and Hyogo prefectures, where most of the patients are students.

According to the tally of the World Heath Organization (WHO), as of 06:00 GMT, May 23, countries around the globe have officially reported 12,022 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection, including 86 deaths.

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