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The number of confirmed swine flu cases in Spain has risen to 54 from 44 yesterday.
Howvever, only 11 of the infected people are in hospital.
Of the 54 confirmed cases, four involved people who had not been to Mexico.
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Another 60 people are undergoing tests for suspected cases of the disease.
And the Italian health ministry confirmed two new cases of swine flu today, bringing the total to four.
The 16-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy had returned recently from Mexico, as had the other two patients.
Meanwhile, Portugal has confirmed its first case of the disease.
Health officials in Mexico have said the number of new swine flu cases appears to be on the decline.
The World Health Organisation said countries must not lower their guard in the response to the threat.
The organisation said surveillance should be increased in humans and animals, now that the latest H1N1 strain was found to have infected pigs in Canada.
A total of 21 countries have officially reported almost 1,000 cases of influenza A (H1N1) infection to the WHO.
Cases have now been confirmed in 30 states in the US.
A spokeswoman for the Centers for Disease Control said the virus was fairly widespread, and that many of those falling victim to the flu were relatively young.
Turkish hospital officials have denied media reports that a patient who died at the Akdeniz Hospital in the southern province of Antalya had the virus.
There have been no confirmed cases of the illness in Turkey.
The Department of Health said there are no further probable or confirmed Irish cases of the virus since the first case was confirmed on Friday night.
China has meanwhile defended its isolation of 70 Mexican citizens.
The Mexican foreign minister had complained that her countrymen had been placed under quarantine despite showing no signs of infection.
Howvever, only 11 of the infected people are in hospital.
Of the 54 confirmed cases, four involved people who had not been to Mexico.
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Another 60 people are undergoing tests for suspected cases of the disease.
And the Italian health ministry confirmed two new cases of swine flu today, bringing the total to four.
The 16-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy had returned recently from Mexico, as had the other two patients.
Meanwhile, Portugal has confirmed its first case of the disease.
Health officials in Mexico have said the number of new swine flu cases appears to be on the decline.
The World Health Organisation said countries must not lower their guard in the response to the threat.
The organisation said surveillance should be increased in humans and animals, now that the latest H1N1 strain was found to have infected pigs in Canada.
A total of 21 countries have officially reported almost 1,000 cases of influenza A (H1N1) infection to the WHO.
Cases have now been confirmed in 30 states in the US.
A spokeswoman for the Centers for Disease Control said the virus was fairly widespread, and that many of those falling victim to the flu were relatively young.
Turkish hospital officials have denied media reports that a patient who died at the Akdeniz Hospital in the southern province of Antalya had the virus.
There have been no confirmed cases of the illness in Turkey.
The Department of Health said there are no further probable or confirmed Irish cases of the virus since the first case was confirmed on Friday night.
China has meanwhile defended its isolation of 70 Mexican citizens.
The Mexican foreign minister had complained that her countrymen had been placed under quarantine despite showing no signs of infection.
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