A 62-year-old woman is infected on the flight that brought a nun already carrying the virus. South Korean authorities tighten controls and boost anti-flu stockpile. China releases 26 quarantined Canadian students. Brunei does the same to 200 British soldiers. In Afghanistan Kabul zoo locks up the country?s only pig. in the Philippines victory celebrations for boxer Manny Pacquiao are postponed.
Seoul (AsiaNews/Agencies) ? South Korean authorities confirmed a third swine flu case, involving a 62-year-old woman who returned from the United States on the same flight as Seoul's first confirmed patient, a nun. The second case of influenza A (H1N1) was that of another nun, who picked up her fellow sister at the airport.
As a consequence South Korea has stepped up its inspections of inbound travellers, announcing plans to stockpile enough Tamiflu and other anti-influenza drugs to treat five million people.