A European health agency said Friday that 1,075 new A/H1N1 flu cases were reported in European countries within the last 24 hours, Xinhua reported.
Of the new cases, 996 were confirmed in Britain, 33 in Germany, eight in Cyprus, six in Netherlands, four respectively in Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Romania and Sweden, three in Ireland, two respectively in Belgium, Portugal and Slovakia, one respectively in Lithuania and Finland, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said in its daily situation report.
The total number of confirmed cases of the A/H1N1 flu virus in the EU (European Union) and EFTA (European Free Trade Association) countries rose to 6022, with 541 cases in Spain and 4250 in Britain, 191 in France and 366 in Germany, the ECDC said.
The ECDC publishes a daily situation report about A/H1N1 flu cases in the EU and EFTA countries based on official information from these countries. Enditem