A total of 56 influenza A/H1N1 cases have so far been confirmed in Myanmar since the outbreak of the disease in the world in April this year, according to the country' s Health Department Friday, Xinhua reported.
Of the total, 50 patients have fully recovered and were discharged, it said, adding that, the six remaining patients are under special medical treatment, in improving condition.
There is no flu A/H1N1-related death in the country, the source said.
Myanmar reported the first case of the new flu in the country on June 27 with a 13-year-old girl who developed the symptoms after coming back home from Singapore a day earlier.
The authorities continue to take preventive measures against the possible spread of the global human flu pandemic, advising all private clinics in the country to report or transfer all flu- suspected patients, who return from abroad, to local state-run hospitals or health departments for increased surveillance.
Myanmar records 56 flu A/H1N1 cases
A total of 56 influenza A/H1N1 cases have so far been confirmed in Myanmar since the outbreak of the disease in the world in April this year, according to the country' s Health Department Friday, Xinhua reported.
