France reports two confirmed cases of A/H1N1 flu

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Source: CCTV.com | 05-03-2009 09:28

Over in France the country's health minister says there are 440 suspected A-H-1-N-1 flu cases. That's up from 350 suspected cases reported the day before, on Friday.

France's Health Minister Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin (R) and General Health Director Didier Houssin (L) attend a press conference to discuss the influenza A (H1N1), formerly referred to as swine flu, in Paris on May 2, 2009. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

Roselyne Bachelot said the number of confirmed cases having the virus remained at two. But she said there was also one other,"very probable case."

The two confirmed cases include a 49-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman. Meanwhile, French authorities are continuing to track down people who came in close contact with the three patients.

French health officials have developed a test that allows them to diagnose the virus in a matter of hours instead of the several days, previously necessary.

Editor:Zhang Pengfei