Swine flu: Seven cases in Algeria

ALGIERS- Two new cases of influenza A (H1N1) were confirmed Saturday in Algeria, bringing to seven the number of people diagnosed in the country, announced the Algerian Ministry of Health.

•     "Both cases involve people living in Constantine (east), who arrived on June 24 from Washington via London (England). These are two young men, aged 21 and 17 years on whom the first symptoms appeared on June 30 for the first and on 1 July for the other,” said the ministry Saturday evening in a statement.
  
      "Since the hospitalization of these two people, on 2 July 2009, as probable cases, all health-care measures provided for in the national fight against the pandemic influenza A (H1N1) have been initiated", according to the text.
  
      These two new cases bring to seven the number of infected people in Algeria since the confirmation of the first cases on 20 June, on a total of 74 suspected cases.
  
      The seven cases confirmed positive for influenza A (H1N1) are imported while the other 67 suspected cases were tested with negative results at testing the influenza A (H1N1), states the communiqué.
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• Ennaharonline/ M. O.
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