Austria's first A/H1N1 flu patient discharged from hospital

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VIENNA, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Austria's first A/H1N1 flu patient has been
discharged from hospital Saturday after finding no more virus inside her body,
local media reported.

The patient, a 28-year-old female, left the hospital Saturday afternoon,
the report said.

According to the patient, she infected the A/H1N1 flu virus on a flight
from Mexico to the United States last week as there were a large number of
Mexicans onboard.

The girl was sent to hospital in Vienna after showing symptoms of flu. She
was then tested positive of the A/H1N1 flu virus.

Christoph Wenisch, the doctor who treated the infected woman, said on
Thursday that test results had showed there are no more viruses inside the
patient's body after the treatment.

Wenisch added that the patient showed improvement since taking medicines
for the second time.