Number of A(H1N1) infected goes up to seven in Burma

by Mizzima News
Tuesday, 28 July 2009 18:51

Chiang Mai (mizzima) - With the detection of another person infected with the A(H1N1) virus, the number of infected people has risen to seven in Burma.

The state-run newspaper, New Light of Myanmar, on Tuesday reported that the last man to be detected with the virus was 25 years of age, who returned from Thailand on July 16.

The newspaper said, the man was transferred to Wei Bagi hospital and strict surveillance is being carried out on his six family members.

According to a New Light of Myanmar report on June 28, the first human infection of the type A(H1N1) virus was found in a 13-year old girl, who returned from Singapore.

The newspaper also reported that the 244 passengers, who came along with the last person with the virus infection on a TG-305 flight, were kept under surveillance by the authorities.

Though the newspaper said, of the total of seven patients, four have been discharged from hospital after recovering from the disease it did not mention anything about the passengers who were on board with the infected people.

The other three patients are reportedly under treatment by specialist doctors.

Though the government said, it has maintained surveillance over check-points at international airports as well as at border gates, with several Burmese crossing the borders illegally, critics have cast doubts over the government’s efforts to check the disease.