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China confirms two new A(H1N1) flu cases

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-05-25 13:33

BEIJING -- China's Ministry of Health Monday confirmed two new cases of A(H1N1) influenza on the mainland.

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The confirmations brought the mainland's total number of confirmed A(H1N1) cases to 11, the ministry said in a statement.

In east China's Zhejiang Province, a 19-year-old man, who studied at St. John's University in New York, became one of the new cases after returning to his hometown Wenzhou on Friday.

The other case was a Chinese national who works for an Australian company in Shanghai. He traveled from Melbourne to Shanghai on Saturday.