Two more imported Influenza A (H1N1) cases have been confirmed today, taking the total number of confirmed cases to 15, the Health Bureau announced. The 14th confirmed patient, a 24-year-old woman, visited Taiwan from 18 to 21 June for a graduation ceremony and developed flu symptoms on 24 June. She went to Hospital Conde S. Januário the next day for medical attention and was tested positive for the virus. Her parents and a friend were regarded as close contact persons and were required to undergo medical observation at home. The 15th confirmed patient, a 37-year-old Indian man, visited Macao with three family members via Hong Kong on 24 June and developed flu symptoms on the way to Macao. He went to Hospital Conde S. Januário the next day and was tested positive for the virus. The 16 people who joined a local tour with the patient were regarded as close contact persons. Six of them had left Macao before the Health Bureau could reach them and ten of them were asked to undergo medical observation in Macao. Macao’s pandemic alert remained at Level VI, Blue, which indicated no outbreaks, no fatal cases and no more than 20 patients were being treated at hospital at one time. A man confirmed with the virus last Saturday was discharged from hospital today after recovering from the disease, bringing the number of discharged H1N1 patient to 3. Currently there were 11 confirmed Influenza A (H1N1) patients receiving treatment at the quarantine wards at Hospital Conde S. Januário.
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