Tests on two people earlier thought to have been the first to be suffering from influenza A in Taiwan have shown they do not have the virus after all, the island's health department said on Monday, Reuters reported.
Health Minister Yeh Ching-chuan said earlier a 32-year-old mother and her baby from the city of Taipei most probably had the virus after returning from the United States six days ago.
"After carrying out a series of tests, we have confirmed that the mother and daughter who returned from the United States do not have influenza A," the Department of Health said in a brief statement.
Over the weekend, the United States said a Washington state man with the H1N1 influenza died last week, the third U.S. sufferer to die as the new flu strain confirmed in more than 2,200 Americans appeared in Japan and Australia.
Another 48 people have died in Mexico and one each in Canada and Costa Rica.
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